Aedes bait traps being tested at Sibu Central Market


Ting (right) witnessing how the Aedes traps operate.

Health Ministry has set up 110 units of Aedes mosquito auto dissemination trap devices at Sibu Central Market, Sarawak, as a measure to prevent dengue cases.

“Our central market is the first in the state to be approached by the ministry for the placement of the device which cost RM36 each,” said Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting.

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