Singapore fights worst dengue outbreak with lab-grown mosquitoes

From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue.With the click of a button and a whirr of a fan, a hatch opens and 150 lab-reared male mosquitoes are sent flying, off in search of a female companion with whom they can mate but not reproduce.The dengue virus, which in rare cases can be fatal, is carried and spread to humans…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3099369/singapore-fights-worst-dengue-outbreak-lab-grown