The mosquito situation in the prefectures of Larissa and Magnésia is under control, and the methodology followed is considered effective.
The above was mentioned at the press conference at the Directorate of the Region of Thessaly. The interview was attended by the Regional Governor, Dimitris Kouretas and the president of the company “Ikoanaptixi” Spyros Mourelatos, with the regional deputy minister of health, Vangelis Apostolou, also present.
Mr. Kouretas spoke of the Region’s “exemplary cooperation with Eco-development” and commented that “we have worked methodically. The results are encouraging. We will remain vigilant for as long as necessary to maintain the current good situation. Our main concern is the protection of public health.”
Weekly checks
In turn, Mr. Mourelatos referred to the data collected which show that there is no risk of malaria.
He further stressed that there wasI have a relatively low mosquito population, compared to the 2018-2023 five-year average levels.
“Every week more than 1,500 mosquito breeding sites are controlled in the natural, rural and peri-urban system and specialized teams are focusing their actions on the urban system of large cities and settlements. To date, around 20,000 applications have been carried out in wells in the two prefectures (excluding the city of Larissa, where a municipal project is being carried out), while spraying operations have been carried out in private areas of 15 selected settlements (10 preventive and 5 suppressive in support of the IDN case occurrence protocol). At the same time, entomological and epidemiological monitoring of West Nile virus continues from the network of 30 successful trapping sites and 18 poultry sites,” he notes.