The Larnaca municipal health services began additional checks and spraying on Friday, aiming to address potential mosquito breeding grounds across the district.
Municipal health inspector Andreas Stergides explained that the presence of the relevant mosquito species, those being Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which can transmit diseases not endemic to the island, such as Dengue fever and Zika, was nothing new, with an organised daily house to house programme
