More seeking pest control companies’ services amid current dengue epidemic

SINGAPORE: As the current dengue epidemic worsens, some pest control companies have been seeing better business.

They attributed this to the public being more informed about the disease.

A 66-year-old man, who was the fourth person to die from dengue fever, lived at Tanglin Halt Road.

Tanjong Pagar Town Council has since stepped up cleansing and vector control measures to prevent mosquito breeding in the common areas.

It is also continuing the oiling and checking of roof tops.

The National Environment Agency is conducting vector control operations in the area, which is in a dengue cluster consisting of four cases.

As at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon, the number of dengue cases this year is 12,628.

Some pest control companies have received more queries from customers about their services.

Fumiga Pest Management Service said it has seen its number of customers increase by up to 20 per cent.

Ng Say Kiat, managing director at Fumiga Pest Management Service, said: "If we compare with the last outbreak, I think you will notice that there are more people, especially in the condominiums and in the other housing estates, as well as in the commercial buildings, they actually requested more services to be done at their premises, and this is probably due to the dengue outbreak, and also due to the publicity (on dengue) on TV and in other media."

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More seeking pest control companies' services amid current dengue epidemic