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Dengue Fever Cases an All-Time High!

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Consecutive weeks of 1000+ Dengue cases each 

As if Covid-19 wasn’t enough to worry about, 2020 has also brought dengue cases in Singapore to an all-time high. As of 8 Aug 2020, NEA reported a troubling total of 23,000+ dengue cases, more than the 15,998 dengue cases recorded for the whole of 2019! 

It seems that the pandemic may have overshadowed the countless reminders of and precautionary efforts by NEA officers. There are still many cases of breeding sources in homes. One particularly terrifying find during an NEA inspection was a flower pot filled with hundred of wriggling larvae!

 

DENGUE CLUSTERS

  • 1,793 dengue cases were reported in the week ending 25 July 2020.
  • 1,668 dengue cases were reported in the week ending 8 Aug 2020.
  • There are 400+ dengue clusters all over Singapore.

 

NEA PENALTIES

From today (15 July 2020) onwards, homes with repeated mosquito breeding offences are going to face heavier penalties.

According to NEA:
Currently, households are issued a composition sum of $200 for mosquito breeding detected at their residential premises, regardless of the number of breeding habitats detected. Offenders are sent to Court for the fourth offence.

From 15 July 2020, the composition sum will be increased for premises detected with multiple mosquito breeding habitats within the same inspection, or where mosquito breeding has been detected even after a legal notice has been served within a dengue cluster area. Repeat offenders will also be given heftier penalties or sent to Court.

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We want to help in whatever way we can. Our Mosquito Breeding Control treatments are especially popular with clients thanks to its effectiveness and eco-friendly aspect.

Instead of fogging, IKARI uses Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) Misting coupled with larviciding that

  1. Kills both flying and resting adult mosquitoes and their larvae
  2. ULV releases droplets in the optimal sizes of 15-20μm that enables targeted application with no residual effect. This means that the pesticide is not dispersed unnecessarily over unintended areas.
  3. Protect areas with still/standing water by using a compound targeted at mosquito to that biologically stops their larvae growth into adults

 

Did you know?


Fogging, while commonly used, is not effective as it is only able to target flying adult mosquitoes while killing other ecologically helpful insects in the process. Fogging also spreads toxic fumes into our living areas.


Depending on the situation, we also use a variety of products such as mosquito baits, traps and exclusion methods that can prevent mosquitoes from reaching you.

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