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Hong Kong plans new trial of infecting male mosquitoes to halt offspring growth

Hong Kong will trial a โ€œmosquito-to-control-mosquitoโ€ strategy next year, under which the insect males are infected with bacteria to prevent their offspring from reaching maturity, following the cityโ€™s first local dengue fever case in over a year. Announcing the strategy on Sunday, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Donald Ng Man-kit said the government would consider stepping up mosquito control measures with a lower threshold, as the cityโ€™s mosquito population rose more rapidly this...