The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Vector Control Unit will visit districts in two parishes – St. John and St. Michael – next week.
The fogging programme will begin on Tuesday, December 2, in St. John. There will be no fogging on Monday, which is a public holiday. The team will go into Ashbury Tenantry Road, Lemon Arbour Village, Knights Village, Lower Four Roads, Spooners, Pool Land Nos.1 and 2, and environs.
The Unit will remain in St. John on Wednesday, December 3, and Thursday, December 4.
On Wednesday, the following communities will be sprayed: 1st Avenue Redland Tenantry, Redland Tenantry, Bailey Alley, Sweet Vale, Brathwaite Road, Butcher Road, Sweet Bottom, Groves, Claybury, Golden Ridge Village, and surrounding areas.
It will be the turn of Eastmont Road, Cheshire, Small Hope Tenantry No.1, and Gall Hill Nos.1 and 2 on Thursday.
The fogging exercise for the week will conclude on Friday, December 5, in St. Michael. The Unit will concentrate its efforts on Bank Hall Main Road from its junction with Mansion Road to the Junction with Bank Hall Cross Road, Barracks Road, Prince of Wales Road, Queen Mary Road, King George Road, King Edward Road, Queen Victoria Road, Buckingham Road, Windsor Road, Sealy Land 1st and 2nd Avenues, Sealy Land No.3, Gilkes Land Nos.1, 2 and 3, Nurse Land, Happy Cot, and Station Hill onto Powder Road.
Fogging takes place from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Householders are reminded to open their windows and doors to allow the spray to enter. Children should not be allowed to play in the fog.
The public is advised that the completion of scheduled fogging activities may be affected by events beyond the Unit’s control. In such circumstances, the Unit will return to communities affected in the soonest possible time. (BGIS)
