Wish to have an enjoyable and relaxing holiday without the worry of your home becoming a breeding place for the disease-carrying mosquitoes? Then, before going on your vacation, please take the following measures to safeguard your home and your neighbours.

• Cover all toilet bowls in your home. • Seal off the overflow pipe of the flushing cistern.

• Cover all and floor traps.

• Add sand granular insecticide to places that mosquitoes could potentially breed, such as flower vases and places where stagnant water could not be removed.

• Clear blockages and add Bti insecticide in roof gutters. • Turn over all water storage containers. • Ask a relative or close friend to check your home regularly for stagnant water if you are going away for a long period of time. • Leave your contact with your neighbours or the neighbourhood police post/ centre so that you can be reached easily.

By taking these precautionary measures, it will keep your neighbourhood safe from dengue.

Have a pleasant and enjoyable trip!

For more information on how to prevent Aedes mosquito breeding in your home, please click here