Blantyre starts spraying against mosquitoes

Blantyre City Council (BCC) on Monday started spraying against mosquitoes in the city’s rivers and other water reservoirs following concerns about a large presence of mosquitoes in the city.

The council was expected to start spraying against mosquitoes by mid-October, but according to the council’s director of health services Dr. Emmanuel Kanjunjunju, they delayed because the council received unauthenticated chemicals which had to be replaced.

“The Health Department could have started spraying chemicals by mid-October, but that was delayed because the chemicals were new and looked unauthenticated. However, the operations have started and are expected to take about a month because there are few people who are doing the work.

“The main target will be water reservoirs and swamps since these are major areas where mosquitoes breed,” said Kanjunjunju.