New insecticide cuts down dengue cases


Detailed check: A health department officer testing water-filled containers for mosquito larvae at the backyard of a house in Section 7, Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: A synthetic insecticide is slowly turning the tide in the battle against dengue.

The deltamethrin-based compound is being sprayed outdoors and will soon be put in commercial paint to kill Aedes mosquitoes indoors.

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