SIBU, Jan 11 – The Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) is ready to use ‘Mosquito Magnets’ to combat the Aedes mosquito in the town, which accounts for over 70 per cent of the total number of dengue cases in Sarawak. Its deputy chairman Datuk Andrew Wong said an analysis conducted by the University of Malaya on the special equipment recently showed it was very efficient for use.
Apart from that, he said, the results of the analysis which also included field studies involving the installation of the equipment at schools and parks in the town, would be made public soon. Speaking to reporters after the SMC’s Annual Dinner here Saturday night, he said the analysis report would be submitted to the Sarawak Local Government and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh. He said SMC would also request for a RM500,000 allocation from the government to install more of such equipment in schools and public parks in the city.
