Mosquito crackdown as Japanese encephalitis cases in Hong Kong reach three-year high

Efforts to eradicate mosquitoes have been stepped up after this year has already seen the highest number of cases of Japanese encephalitis in three years.

Tsoi lap-fu, officer from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, showing the mosquito trapping device during a Japanese encephalitis anti-mosquito measures operation in Tuen Mun. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Efforts to eradicate mosquitoes have been stepped up after this year has already seen the highest number of cases of Japanese encephalitis in three years.

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department launched a 42-day campaign following confirmation of the latest case of the potentially deadly disease a week ago when a 36-year-old British expatriate fell ill.

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