A mosquito control operation in the city center of Millau due to cases of dengue, chikungunya or Zika

Une opération aura lieu dans la nuit du 13 au 14 juin à Millau. Midi Libre – EID MEDITERRANEE

L’opération doit avoir lieu dans la nuit du 13 au 14 juin dans le centre-ville de Millau.

Some residents of the city center, near the Parc de la Victoire, have received a letter from ARS Occitanie in recent days. This indicates that a mosquito control operation will take place during the night of June 13 to 14. It will mainly target the tiger mosquito, which can carry diseases such as dengue, Zika or chikungunya. " [The treatment must be] carried out around a place frequented by an affected person, details the letter. This exceptional preventive treatment aims to avoid a chain of local transmission of these diseases."

For one hour

This concerns the area around Victoire Park, in the city center."The intervention consists of spraying insecticide by a vehicle from the public highway, supplemented if necessary by targeted interventions using portable devices in the outdoor spaces of private and public properties, indicates the ARS. The processing machines are very noisy. This treatment applies to a limited area and the theoretical duration is one hour." It will take place between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The products used by the agents will be based on a pyrethroid. "They are duly authorized for this application. In certain particular cases, they may be natural pyrethrins. In all cases, these are the same active ingredients that are present in household mosquito repellent products available in pharmacies and commercially."

Instructions to follow

It is therefore advisable, for the local residents concerned, to bring in laundry, children's toys and food that are outside, to bring in animals and to protect their bowls, keep doors and windows closed and do not approach treatment vehicles. After the spraying operation, you are also asked to clean garden furniture and children's games thoroughly, to favor indoor activities the next day and to wait three days before consuming fruit and vegetables from the garden. , after washing them.