Friday 5 October 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquito - Netherlands: (NB)

Dengue, Yellow Fever, Encephalitis -- Netherlands
An Asian tiger mosquito has been spotted in Eindhoven [North Brabant province], prompting government safety experts to put up more traps around the city in an effort to see if the mosquitoes are breeding. Locals living in a 500 metre [550 yd] radius of the sighting have been sent a letter by the public-safety body, Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit; NVWA), warning about the presence of the mosquito and asking people to empty plant

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6071783&promed&0

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