Mysuru: District health officials are appealing to residents to take up source reduction measures at their homes, offices, or at workplaces by clearin.
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Mosquitoes are the last thing you d associate with the Paris of the West. But it turns out that health authorities there are fumigating vulnerable areas of the city for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes who have started plaguing parts of northern Europe. Municipal fumigation, whose white smoke is something we in the tropics are familiar with, has led to roads being closed and people told to stay indoors when spraying is on . This is after two people so far have fallen sick with dengue after returning from a foreign trip.
Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.Health experts say it has thrived on the continent in part because of climate change, with warmer weather shortening the incubation period for its eggs while winters are no longer cold enough to kill off the pests.