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The City Council fights species with a helicopter with geoposicionamiento, drones for detection in inaccessible areas, more localized fumigations, displacements and control outbreaks of the river environment.

"90% of the centers are in private porpiedades, therefore, request the cooperation of neighbors and we will respond to 100% of notices, advising, fumigating and checking whether there are larvae," said the mayor.

By land, river and air.

This is how fight the tiger mosquito and Zoonoses Veterinary Service of the Department of Sports and Health, the City of Murcia.

More fumigations and trips to the spotlight, collaboration with the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura for segurimiento and control of the river environment, as well as a helicopter and drones geoposicionamiento for detection in areas of difficult access.

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, accompanied by the councilman Felipe Coello, presented today the Control Program Tiger Mosquito in the Municipality of Murcia, with new media means and human and technical equipment for the control of this pest, "A different species that used to be in Murcia, which has a biology itself and, therefore, requires new methods and treatments. "

For this reason, the treatment methodology avoids massive indiscriminate fumigations-which would be a perjucio for both human health, by the accumulation of insecticides, such as for use on inscto- generate resistance, to focus on the location and identification possible outbreaks.

This allows much more combat effectively the species and, most importantly, act against larvae located.

And the tiger mosquito, which was first detected in the municipality in 2011, there grows in large bodies of water and in small and isolated spaces, from a pot to a water leak.

In fact, the mayor said that "it is only possible to combat this scourge collaboration with the neighborhood, since 90% of the foci of mosquitoes are in private properties.

Why health education is essential. "

The City Council has launched the awareness campaign 'against the tiger mosquito fight all', to sensitize residents of the municipality on the importance of alerting the Veterinary Service and Zoonoses at the onset of an outbreak, both in person and through the telephone number 968 24 70 62 and email veterinaria.sanidad@ayto-murcia.es

"Our commitment to respond to 100% of neighborhood requests, based on reports of possible outbreaks in the particular properties, researching conflict zones that may exist where there is water--always, advising, fumigating and checking whether there are larvae," he said Mayor.

In addition, the Veterinary Service works coordinated with the Parks and Gardens and Urban Cleaning, detecting those incidents in public spaces, deadlocks or water leaks and reinforcing cleaning scuppers.

There is also a permanent collaboration with the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, for segurimiento and control of the Segura river environment.

optimal time for treatment

Tiger mosquitoes have a cycle of replying features closely linked to temperature and water.

Last year before the campaign began spraying due to heat.

This year, with the rising temperatures we are experiencing, we enocntramos at the optimum time for treatment.

If the equipment is already reinforced in 2015 and numerous fumigations were performed in the municipality of Murcia, this 2016 has a dozen technicians, veterinarians and specialists in pest control through the resources of the City Council and a specialized company in the fight against the tiger mosquito, to strengthen the service.

In addition, the whole city and districts have covered with capture traps to detect the presence of the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) versus other traditional species (Culex) and evaluate their life cycle.

aerial surveys by helicopter and drones

It is planned that this week the first diagnosis helicopter flight for a first aerial survey of possible sources, with geo-positioning, allowing further treatment and monitoring is performed.

It will be especially morning and the helicopter tour the South Coast area, to detect wadis with accumulations of water, irrigation ponds and private pools that could be abandoned.

Once the possible focus geoposiciona from the sky in particular areas, is on the ground, with the permission of the owner.

Also, the service has been reinforced by a drone camera, for warning and detection, and one with capacity to proceed to treatment of outbreaks difficult to access with conventional methods.

Once they are detected, the Veterinary Service and Zoonoses will contact the owners to enter their authorization.

reassuring message regarding Zika

With respect to Zica virus, the vector is the Asian tiger mosquito, the mayor wanted to send a reassuring message residents of the municipality.

"While we may have imported cases in our country, it is unlikely that there are indigenous cases with outbreaks," he said.

It should be remembered that, at this time, the disease is mild zika evolution and its possible impact would be on pregnant women who have been infected.

So far not been detected in any case Murcia this insect-borne disease.

In this sense, José Ballesta added that "through the Department of Health and Sports, will ship in the next letters to travel agents in the municipality with advice and recommendations of the WHO, days that make them reach residents of the municipality who will take a trip.

In any case, pregnant women should avoid at all costs to travel to the affected countries. "

The City Council, through its Department of Epidemiology, have defined the strategy for dealing with these cases, in collaboration with the Veterinary Service, following the protocol of the Ministry and the Ministry of Health.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia