The passage of recent hurricanes IRMA and MARIA has considerably increased the breeding grounds for mosquitoes and made some of them inaccessible to control and treatment operations.
ARS teams have been operating larval breeding sites for more than two weeks. These are supplemented by insecticide sprays.
This week, controls are underway in the sectors of Quartier d'Orléans, Friars Bay and Morne Oreilly. The insecticide sprays concern the sectors between Cul de Sac and Oyster Pond.
While most mosquito species do not pose a health risk, the Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit the dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses. It breeds in clear waters in and around homes and bites during the day and early evening.
Everyone must imperatively fight this vector:
- Remove all unnecessary water containers around your home;
- Protect your water reserves with a mosquito net;
- Make sure that the small water reserves (buckets, cans, etc.) are completely used at least once a week in order to prevent the development cycle of mosquitoes;
- Hermetically protect the overflow and the inspection hatch of your cistern in order to prevent access to mosquitoes, otherwise put guppies or golomines there. If you have the possibility, do not hesitate to offer it to your neighbors;
- Clean your gutters and channels and make sure that they do not accumulate rainwater;
- Remove the plants in water and avoid the cups of flower pots.
You can get guppies and mosquito net at the ARS:
- Hope Estate in Saint Martin: 0590 52 22 37
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