MRCU 5 August Spraying Operations
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit has announced the following aerial and truck operations tonight (Wednesday, 5 August 2020). Operations start at 6p.m. Aerial Spraying South Sound blocks – 6 p.m. West Bay peninsula – 7.15p.m. Fogging Trucks One fogger…
Cayman: NiCE Winter Project attracts new partnerships with MRCU, DoA
Attendees signing up to register onto the National Community Enhancement’s (NiCE) winter initiative were told about two new work allocations for the weeks ahead. As well as assisting in dengue prevention measures, some operatives will help with preparations for next…
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Cayman: Public Health Department and MRCU offer tips to help fight dengue
Preventing dengue is as simple as preventing bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The Public Health Department of the Cayman Islands and the Mosquito Research & Control Unit (MRCU) suggests the public continue to follow these tips to protect themselves…
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Cayman: New starters join the MRCU team
MRCU welcomed three Disease Protection Officers (DPO) to its team · Two recruits were hired following internal promotions · The third appointee is the MRCU’s first DPO permanently based on Little Cayman · Two veteran staffers promoted The Mosquito Research and Control Unit…
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Cayman Islands MRCU begins annual residential inspections for 2019
GRAND CAYMAN, (GIS) – Disease Prevention Officers (DPOs) from the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) recently began residential inspections as part of ongoing year-round efforts to combat the dangerousAedes aegypti mosquito. DPOs drive clearly marked MRCU trucks, wear MRCU clothing and have…
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Cayman Islands: Joint Oxitec-MRCU 2018 Research Project concludes as planned
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The joint research collaboration between the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) and bio-technology company Oxitec came to an end on 23 January 2019. While field operations ceased on 21 December 2018, which was at the end…
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Update on Cayman Islands’ MRCU/Oxitec research collaboration
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Government and UK-based biotechnology company Oxitec are entering the next stage of a collaborative research project. Begun in May 2018, the initiative seeks to pilot and assess the role of Oxitec’s self-limiting, non-biting, maleAedes aegypti mosquitoes…
Cayman Islands MRCU begins plans to eradicate mosquitoes
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) –The Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has enlisted the help of a new group in its work to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito from Grand Cayman. Developed by MRCU, the advisory board includes eight representatives that…
Minister tours CNCF & MRCU
Cayman Islands Minister Seymour Tours CNCF and MRCU • Minister for Health, Environment, Culture and Housing Dwayne Seymour got a close-up look at the Cayman National Cultural Foundation collection of works by local Visionary artist Miss Lassie during a recent…
Cayman Islands Government and Oxitec agree to new contract
A new contract between the Cayman Islands Government and biotechnology company, Oxitec, focuses on evaluation of integrated mosquito management techniques to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Traditional ground control work, including spraying, begins immediately in three areas of West Bay….
