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

Rachel Cheung in Shanghai

Published: 6:47am, 30 May, 2017

Updated: 6:47am, 30 May, 2017

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

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Rachel Cheung

Rachel Cheung is a culture reporter at the Post. She graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in journalism and communication, and joined the Post in 2016.