This Friday evening, the second demustication operation took place in the Chaudroles district …
This Friday evening, the second demoustication operation took place in the Chaudroles district, in Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (Val-de-Cognac), which followed the discovery of two proven cases of Aboriginal Chikungunya. One lives in this ordinary little street, the other in the neighboring street, the impasse des Essarts.
On the job, six agents of the Demoustication Service of the Department of Charente-Maritime, the operator of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) for the two Charentais departments. “A classic operation,” said Christian Smeraldi, an anti -actoral control project manager, who oversees her. This is not his first demustication to eradicate tiger tigers, vectors of chikungunya, dengue or zika. “But this is the first time we have dealing with indigenous cases. So unlike “imported” cases, the intervention perimeter was extended. “It is 300 meters instead of 150.
“Objective: to kill all adult mosquitoes to break the chain of transmission. »»
After a first visit on Monday evening, only three days after confirmation of the first case, the team returned this Friday for a second spray. “The inhabitants were warned on Sunday of this double pass, with all the advice to protect themselves,” says the mayor of the town, Jean-Marc Girardeau, present on site.
Well -respected instructions
Appointment was given at 11 p.m. In the two dead ends, the lampposts remained on, at the request of the town hall, to facilitate the work of the agents. For the rest, not a noise and not a cat outside. The shutters are all closed. “Everyone remained caulked, it was the instruction, and I see that most have left their gate open to allow to spray in the gardens, it is good,” notes the mayor.
A first passage on foot in the streets and the gardens of the inhabitants. Two dead ends were targeted, the impasse des Essarts and rue de la Chagné.
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The agents work in pairs. One guide and lights up, the other, provided with a breath, spray the product.
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The intervention, lasting an hour and a half, took place in two stages. “First a first pedestrian treatment with the blowers, then the passage of the pick-up, on which four nozzles diffuse a fog which will remain 45 minutes in suspension before descending quietly,” describes Christian Smeraldi. Objective: “Kill all adult mosquitoes to break the transmission chain”.
On concerns, as for the harmfulness of the product, the Aqua K-Orrine, it tempers. “It is the same basis as the products you buy in supermarkets and ours is very diluted, about 1 g per hectare, it is seven to eight times less than most agricultural treatments. »»
This Saturday morning, the inhabitants of the two treated streets were not very worried. “I have no fear, it’s impeccable,” said Denis, who lives on rue de la Chagnée, and who salutes the efficiency of the agents, “who have been hyper reactive”. Her neighbor Claudine Lux is also very serene. “We have to eradicate these mosquitoes that investigate us. I had dengue when I lived in Guadeloupe, in the 80s, it was not funny… ”
Like all his neighbors, who would have gone well from this advertisement, Philippe experienced this “quiet, in front of the TV, all closed flaps”. “We heard them passed, with the noise of their devices, but that didn’t worry me too much. We are not yet used to here, but it may become a habit in the years to come. »»