MANDALUYONG PARTICIPATES IN REGIONAL DENGUE CLEAN-UP DRIVE

City Mayor Benhur Abalos shows a sample of the ovitrap device distributed to schools and barangay communities in the city during the region-wide synchronized clean-up drive for dengue prevention project of the Department of Health in coordination with the local Schools Division Office.

The campaign is in response to a DOH report of a steady increase in dengue cases from January to June of this year.

The ovitrap device, primarily to target the dengue-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti, is used to trap and contain insect eggs, stopping the insect’s lifecycle in the process.

Also in photo with Mayor Abalos are City Health Officer Pecos Camarines and city/barangay officials.