Fighting dengue with larvicide

Anti-Aedes mission: Ewon (left) and Mohamed Salim spraying the larvicide around the Nu Sentral mall in Brickfields.

KUALA LUMPUR: A pilot programme to fight dengue using a novel larvicide has been introduced by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti).

The programme will target Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, and Kelantan which are the worst hit by dengue, said Minister Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin at the launch of the programme here yesterday.