Aedes breeding sites found in one out of every ten places checked in Melaka last year


MELAKA: A total of 9,500 premises or 9.7% of the 98,299 premises inspected in Melaka last year were hosts to Aedes mosquito breeding sites, said State Health Director Dr. Ruzita Mustaffa.

She said the inspections, conducted under the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act (APSPP) 1975 for dengue fever prevention and control, involved 7,756 residential homes and 1,744 business premises.

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