KUALA LUMPUR: Dengue cases could see a downward trend after the Health Ministry kicked off its programme to release Aedes mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria in an effort to eliminate the disease.
Being the second country to use the biocontrol strategy after Australia, this programme follows a successful pilot project in 2017 carried out in eight areas in Selangor that showed reductions of between 50% and 80% in dengue cases in each location.
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