Sites found with Aedes to be closed for two weeks

PUTRAJAYA: Construction sites found breeding Aedes mosquitoes will be ordered to close for two weeks for clean-up work, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subra­maniam said.

He said the ministry was enforcing the maximum closure period because construction sites which allowed Aedes mosquitoes to breed were responsible for the high incidence of dengue cases in the country. Dr Subramaniam said contractors would have to show proof to the health authorities that the sites were being cleaned up during the closure period.