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The vector control program of the Department of Health allows controlling the colonies of rodents, cockroaches and other insects throughout the municipality (05/07/2017)

The City Council invites citizens to transfer any incidence in this regard to the area of тАЛтАЛHealth through the telephone 968466542, to achieve, jointly, optimize the periodic treatments that are coming to term.

The Councilor for Health and Consumption in the City of Lorca, Marэa del Carmen Ruiz, has informed the development of the program of integrated vector control, which from this area of тАЛтАЛmanagement of the Consistory is developed continuously our municipal term.

You are talking about a work that allows different species to be controlled so that they do not harm the citizens, and that periodically checks the 1,100 kilometers of the existing sanitation network in the municipality.

Ruiz Jєdar explained that these tasks, which allow the control of the different animal species to be monitored, include the disinfection, insect and rat control services, as well as the effective control of massive populations of pigeons.

The service is provided throughout our municipality and covers the prevention and control of urban pests according to ordinary needs as well as specific episodes from which information is received.

The Ministry of Health has detailed that the species controlled for vector control are rodents (rats, mice ...), insects (cockroaches, common mosquitoes and tiger, fleas ...), in addition to other arthropods (ticks, mites ...), pigeons And pathogenic microorganisms;

That in certain conditions may pose a risk to public health and / or economic loss or deterioration of public assets and quality of life in the municipality in general, or for buildings, dependencies or services in particular.

Marэa del Carmen Ruiz has indicated that in the event of any incident that the citizens want to communicate, they can contact the Department of Health through the telephone 968 466 542, which will assess the situation and act accordingly Solve any issue.

It should be noted that the provision of the service is performed in a time and manner such that at no time interferes with the usual work of the people and in no case the actions that are carried out cause discomfort or disturbance in the operation of public services and normality Citizen.

In fact the controls in schools, for example, coincide with the vacation periods of summer, Christmas and Easter.

The territorial scope covered by this service extends to the whole municipality, especially considering the following physical spaces:

Area of тАЛтАЛwater courses and protective belt.

Sewer area.

Area of тАЛтАЛsolar-landfills.

Area of тАЛтАЛunderground networks of municipal facilities.

Area of тАЛтАЛbuildings of municipal dependence and schools of infantile and primary education.

Network of municipal hostels.

Municipal green areas, squares, parks and gardens.

The control program includes periodic treatment of rooting, de-rooting and disinsection.

To achieve greater efficiency, visual inspections and study of each facility are carried out, making the treatment according to the needs and the degree of infestation.

Facilities are continuously reviewed.

The Department of Health is also responsible for carrying out the pigeon control works with eight capture points in urban areas and districts.

The attention to this is extended throughout the year, taking care of the citizen's requests regarding the presence of these animals.

The most common cases refer to cockroaches, ticks, fleas and rodents.

Spices whose presence is controlled by this municipal service are as follows:

Black rat (Rattus rattus).

Gray rat (Rattus norvegicus).

Domestic mouse (Mus musculus).

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

German cockroach (Blatella germanica).

Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus).