#mosquitoes

Enormous efforts are underway by health authorities in Paphos to bring the mosquito population under control, officials said on Thursday. The identification of breeding grounds and effective ways to combat ...

Mosquito control is to be intensified due to an outbreak of the insects, Larnaca municipality health service said on Wednesday. The upsurge is reportedly due to their eggs hatching in ...

Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures ...

A case of the West Nile virus was recorded in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, according to the north’s ‘health ministry.’ The disease is transmitted to humans who are bitten ...

A pilot programme in Larnaca has seen numbers of the pests reduced A programme to battle increasing numbers of mosquitos on the island is already showing results, with a notable ...

Larnaca has commenced a pilot programme aimed at fighting back against a new invasive and potentially dangerous species of mosquito which has been found in the area. The Aedes aegypti ...

The health ministry is aware of a report released on Thursday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), warning of the increase in numbers of the mosquito ...

People should take measures to reduce potential mosquito hatching grounds on their premises as to prevent Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from multiplying, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Health ...

Health service officials started spraying areas in Limassol on Monday to prevent the proliferation of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes Albopictus). Preventive spraying has already taken place in recent weeks ...

Larnaca municipality continues spraying to fight the yellow fever mosquito on Wednesday, a day before it begins the treatment of mosquito larvae in public and private areas. In a statement, ...

Larnaca municipality’s health services has announced it is continuing to spray against mosquitoes. “The spraying is carried out by Larnaca’s municipality health services team to reduce the mosquito ...

Conservationists are saying that the proliferation of mosquitoes in the island’s wetlands is mostly attributed to human activities and not merely a natural occurrence. A report published by BirdLife ...