(Web Desk) South Korea has banned the entry of mosquitoes from the enemy country and has installed a machine on the border with North Korea to stop them.
According to foreign media, South Korea has installed a 24-7 surveillance device near the heavily fortified border that divides North and South Korea, monitoring not missiles or troop movements, but malaria carriers. Catches mosquitoes that may cross the border into their country.
South Korean health authorities have installed 76 mosquito-tracking devices across the country, including in key areas near the DMZ.
According to the report, the South Korean government has taken this step to protect the people of its country from the epidemic disease like malaria because 90 percent of the people infected with malaria in South Korea last year were residents of the border area.
Despite superior health care services and decades of determined efforts, South Korea has been elusive in achieving “malaria-free” status, largely thanks to its proximity to the isolated North, where the disease has spread. has happened
South Korea issued a nationwide malaria warning this year as scientists say climate change, particularly hot springs and heavy rains, could bring more mosquito-borne diseases to the peninsula unless both The Koreas, who are technically at war, do not cooperate with each other in this regard.”
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A demilitarized zone between the two borders for mosquito breeding is based on evergreen forests and wetlands, and scientists say it is also an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes, including malaria carriers that can travel up to 12 km. can fly
In addition to stagnant water in the DMZ, “there are many wild animals that serve as blood sources for mosquitoes to lay eggs,” said Kim Hyun-woo, a staff scientist at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in Seoul.
He said that as the mosquito population is increasing, malaria cases are also increasing in the border areas.
Experts say that compared to normal mosquitoes, the physical characteristics of malaria-carrying mosquitoes are different from their flying conditions. Normal mosquitoes regularly sit on walls or floor surfaces, while malaria-carrying mosquitoes sit at a 45-degree angle. If you see such mosquitoes around you, you should be very careful.
2024-09-03 02:43:21