Technicians of the Department of agriculture and regional food safety agencies carried out a simulation of the eradication of the disease this week. Mediterranean Fly in Punta Cana, Higüey, where it was detected in December. It was the second time that this fly entered the country through the same place. The plague spread in the East through some imported mangoes infected and distributed to people at the Punta Cana airport. The plague, which is under control, will be eradicated in the next few weeks, explained the director of Agricultural Health, Rosa LazalaThe country is on its way to eradicating the temporary introduction of Ceratitis capitata, which is being carried out in accordance with the provisions of the emergency protocol. He recalled that the drill included the release of more sterile male hops of the fly.
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To date, there have been 22 releases out of 24 The emergency plan includes more than three million flies per week. He pointed out that the Dominican Republic is on the verge of eliminating this insect in record time, and is a model for 13 countries in Mesoamerica, taking it as a reference in the Subregional Simulation of International Scope of the Mediterranean Fly Eradication Program for the Caribbean Region and other member nations of the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health.
They support the initiative USDA-APHIS, the International Plant Protection Convention, FAO, the International Atomic Energy Agency, SENASICA and the Mexico-Guatemala-United States Tripartite Project.
