Scott Edmunds and Mendel Wong have made a Hong Kong version of Mosquito Alert, an app that tracks and monitors mosquitoes. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong citizen scientists localise mosquito tracking app to let people report sightings of the disease carriers
The Mosquito Alert app, which creates a database of the insects’ breeding areas, was recently shown to the UN in Geneva, and should make up for lack of information from the Hong Kong government
Scott Edmunds and Mendel Wong have made a Hong Kong version of Mosquito Alert, an app that tracks and monitors mosquitoes. Photo: K. Y. Cheng