Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts

PUB releases thousands of fish in Pandan Reservoir to combat midges

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Channel NewsAsia 6 Sep 19; SINGAPORE: National water agency PUB has released "tens of thousands" of fish into Pandan Reservoir,...

Pandan Reservoir midge outbreak: Residents liken it to a 'horror movie', says Member of Parliament

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TESSA OH Today Online 2 Sep 19; SINGAPORE — Residents living around the Pandan Reservoir said that the recent outbreak of midges in the a...

21% more mosquito breeding habitats destroyed in 2018 through use of Gravitrap system

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Channel NewsAsia 23 Aug 19; SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday (Aug 23) said that its Gravitrap system - which is...

Malaysia: Dengue cases at an all-time high

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LOH FOON FONG The Star 10 Aug 19; KUALA LUMPUR: Dengue fever cases in Malaysia reached an all time high, hitting nearly 80, 000 cases and...

PUB to carry out fogging, checks as midges multiply near Pandan Reservoir

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Channel NewsAsia 1 Aug 19; SINGAPORE: National water agency PUB will carry out inspections and fogging near Pandan Reservoir to control t...

4 more die of dengue, 9 deaths in total in 2019: MOH, NEA

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Channel NewsAsia 29 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Four people have died from dengue in recent weeks, bringing the total number of dengue deaths this...

4 Mandai research projects awarded $600,000 funding

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Teams will study area's environmental conditions, effects of eco-tourism plans Lee Qing Ping Straits Times 30 Jul 19; Four local env...

Project Wolbachia still in study phase, will not be deployed in dengue clusters: NEA

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Ang Hwee Min Channel NewsAsia 24 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Project Wolbachia is still in the research study phase and therefore has not been dep...

Bigger Aedes mosquito population identified as key reason for surge in dengue cases

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Channel NewsAsia 19 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: The Aedes aegypti mosquito population has increased by almost three times since the last major den...

More mosquitoes or mutating virus? Experts have different views on dengue spike

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Ang Hwee Min Channel NewsAsia 16 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Singapore could see more cases of dengue than usual in 2019 after a lull of a few yea...

About 900 households fined between January and May as NEA calls for 'collective effort' to tackle dengue surge

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Channel NewsAsia 23 Jun 19; SINGAPORE: About 900 households have been fined for mosquito breeding as of May this year, said the National ...

As temperatures and urbanisation increase, fight against dengue will only get tougher

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CYNTHIA CHOO Today Online 22 Jun 19; SINGAPORE — When 28-year-old Amanda Poh was bitten by mosquitoes earlier this month while having aft...

84-year-old woman dies from dengue in 5th fatal case this year

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Channel NewsAsia 20 Jun 19; SINGAPORE: An 84-year-old woman died from dengue last week, marking the fifth such death in Singapore this ye...

Weekly dengue cases in Singapore spike to highest in more than 3 years

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Channel NewsAsia 18 Jun 19; SINGAPORE: There were a total of 468 reported dengue cases in the week ending Jun 15, the highest since March...

Malaysia: Dengue cases on the rise in Sarawak

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Goh Pei Pei, Melvin Jon New Straits Times 18 Jun 19; KUCHING: Sarawak recorded over 700 dengue cases in the first half of this year, with...

Malaysia: Fading blips of Sibuti River fireflies

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CHANG YI The Borneo Post 9 Jun 19; The fireflies will come out to illuminate the display trees along the riverbank at night. IT was def...

Let’s not underestimate threat of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases in Singapore

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EUGENE K B TAN Today Online 6 Jun 19; On May 29, a 63-year-old man who lived in Hougang Avenue 1 became the fourth person in Singapore to...

379 dengue cases recorded last week, highest since March 2016: NEA

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Channel NewsAsia 1 Jun 19; SINGAPORE: There were 379 dengue cases recorded last week, which is the highest weekly number since March 2016...

63-year-old man dies from dengue in 4th death this year

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Channel NewsAsia 31 May 19; SINGAPORE: A 63-year-old man has become the fourth person to die from dengue this year, the Ministry of Healt...

Number of dengue cases in 2019 surpasses last year's total count

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Channel NewsAsia 17 May 19; SINGAPORE: The number of dengue cases recorded in 2019 so far has surpassed the total number of cases in 2018...