Dengue outbreak: Firozabad administration release Gambusia fish that eat mosquito larvae in ponds

Firozabad administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of mosquitoes in ponds to check the spread of dengue and viral fever in the district.

Battling a deadly outbreak of dengue and viral fever that has claimed 51 lives so far, the Firozabad district administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of dengue-breeding mosquitoes in ponds to check the spread of the disease, a senior district official said on Monday. District health officials have started releasing the fish, generically known as Gambusia, in ponds in urban as well as rural areas of the district, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dinesh Kumar Premi told PTI.