THE Ministry of Health’s Environmental Health Unit in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two recently commenced a massive fogging exercise in the region.

Several villages, including Anna Regina, Charity and Paradise have already benefitted from the exercise.

Senior Environmental Officer Shaleena Baksh in her comments to this publication called on residents to cooperate with the team conducting the exercise.

Baksh said that residents of each community are sensitised before the team begins fogging.

“We need this for the region. We listened to the complains [sic] and we are delivering,” she said

The team is currently dealing with the area stretching from Walton to Sparta and will then move on to the area stretching from Dannielstown to La Belle Alliance.

The fogging exercise will help reduce vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and chagas, which are carried by mosquitoes, ticks and flies.