Dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes more widespread in Hong Kong as government urges community action

The area of Hong Kong infested by dengue fever-spreading mosquitoes was last month bigger than during any month of July in the past 11 years, according to a widely used index, and health chiefs have sought community efforts to curb the disease. New figures from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department showed the monthly ovitrap index, which tracks the presence of adult Aedes albopictus, increased to 15.7 per cent last month, from 11.3 per cent in June. With two newly confirmed cases on...