Beijing's top health authority will launch a mosquito-control campaign in mid-May to guard against the increasing risk of dengue fever, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning said on Wednesday.During the campaign, which will run until August, health authorities will focus on cleaning public places to remove excessive water and prevent mosquitoes from breeding, Liu Zejun, a member of the commission in charge of disease control and prevention in the city, said at a news conference.Health authorities will mobilize the public to remove pools of water from places such as public restrooms, residential areas, parks, construction sites and garbage recycling stations, he said.Other steps to control mosquitoes include releasing mosquito-eating fish in lakes and ponds and applying pesticides in areas where removing water is difficult, such as underground sewage systems, he said.The Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning has trained 16 professional mosquito elimination teams to help with the work, he said.Studies by disease control and prevention experts have found that the density of Aedes albopictus, a kind of mosquito that is the major medium for transmission of dengue fever, has been increasing in Beijing for several years, said Zeng Xiaopeng, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control.In 2013, they accounted for 3.5 percent of all mosquitoes in Beijing, but the proportion rose to 14 percent last year. That means a higher risk of dengue fever, which can cause death in serious cases, he said.Dengue fever outbreaks have occurred in some areas of South China, but sporadic imported cases have been spotted in recent years in northern areas, including Beijing, due to the spread of the virus, Zeng said.Mosquitoes become more active with rising temperatures, and their density peaks in July and August in Beijing, he said.Health authorities are prepared for outbreaks of infectious diseases including dengue fever, and emergency plans are ready, he said. wristbands ukjordan wristband rubberrubber bracelets cheapblack rubber wristbands
BEIJING - China on Friday expressed grave concern over the reported killing of two Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan late last month. We have taken note of relevant reports and we express our grave concern, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in response to the reports. We have been trying to rescue the two kidnapped hostages over the past days. The Chinese side is working to learn about and verify relevant information through various channels, including working with Pakistani authorities, she said. China is against any act of kidnapping of civilians and opposes terrorism and extreme violence in any form, Hua added. Islamic State has killed two Chinese teachers it kidnapped in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province last month, the militant group's Amaq news agency said on Thursday, Reuters reported at midnight on Friday. The Reuters report quoted a Baluchistan government spokesman as saying that officials were in the process of confirming whether the report was true. A soldier stands guard near the site where two Chinese language teachers were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, in Quetta, Pakistan, May 24, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] Two Chinese language teachers, based in the Pakistani township of Jinnah, Quetta city, in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, were captured by gunmen pretending to be police on May 24, Pakistani newspaper The Dawn, reported two weeks ago. The report said three Chinese citizens - two women and a man - were intercepted by three people in a white car while leaving a language center and forced them into the vehicle at gunpoint. One of the women narrowly escaped during the turmoil when the kidnappers fired warning shots into the air to scare passers-by and the other two, a couple, were taken away. Islamic State, which controls some territory in neighboring Afghanistan, has struggled to establish a presence in Pakistan. But it has claimed several major attacks, including one on the deputy chairman of the Senate last month in Baluchistan, in which 25 people were killed. Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan's military published details of a three-day raid on an militant hideout in a cave not far from Quetta, saying it had killed 12 hardcore terrorists from a banned local Islamist group and prevented Islamic State from gaining a foothold in Baluchistan, said Reuters. Reuters/The Dawn A photo grab from Reuters shows its latest report on the incident.
