beware of dengue!!!

on Thursday afternoon, there was a fogging in Vista Condo, in our conversation with the officer who came here to oversee the fogging, few things mentioned by him catch our attention & prompted us to take immediate action.

we were told in blk k alone, there were 4 cases of dengue fever in the month of Dec 2015 & Jan 2016, thing like this has never happened in such high frequency, no doubt in the past on & off we have heard dengue fever case in Vista Condo, but it's abt 1 case in few month's time, this really shocked us & we feel that what we have done so far like putting larvae chemical once in every few weeks may not be enough.

according to the same officer, they have found some larvae in the flower pot base in blk J 2nd floor common area, we immediately alerted the owner of the plant, told her to remove them on the spot, well, the fine issued by the jabatan kesihatan will be hers, & we also ask the staff to check all the common area to make sure there's no other residents keeping flower pot or container which can be a breeding place for larvae.

the officer told even more scarier thing, in January there were few lives be taken away due to dengue fever..., the El Nino effect has helped larvae to grow in the faster pace, now even found out this mosquitoes can carry another dangerous virus (Zika) which caused great panic in some of the western countries like Brazil, as you may read that how the virus affect the pregnant ladies, where it cause the new born babies got the smaller head :(

after some discussion with residents & getting their feedback/suggestion, we will instruct & make sure office staff will do this, we will purchase big quantity of coarse salt (sea salt), leave it in the office, every beginning of the month the office staff & cleaner will put this salt into all the semicircle at the staircase, we will do this in the monthly basis as it's effect can last for a month's time.

we also want urge our residents not to keep any water unused container or pot, and if find any of this then pls help to make sure there's no water inside, and as for the semicircle, even though the office staff will continue to put the chemical & coarse salt, we also need your help to check once awhile, if you find sight of larvae pls contact office immediately.

let's work together to get rid of larvae in Vista Condo. Thanks.