Epic Fogging

It was intense. Even though we get the notices and got the children in their room, well ventilated, the boys still ended up puking up their tea. I had some proper sore throat. It was not a good idea to be indoors when the fogging took place in the end.

Apparently, in the past few weeks a few of our fellow residents had been down with dengue. The regular scheduled fogging clearly was not doing the trick. The management decided to do it at close quarters this time with the diggers going to every floor. Those interested could let them into their unit for fogging.

The notices were outWe allowed them to come into our kitchen, dining area, living room and the main corridor. It was left oily at the end, needing to be mopped once the dust settled. That also meant no cooking for tonight as they fume did not exactly stimulate appetite.

Straight to the showers with Irfan especially feeling sick. Idlan felt a bit breathless, but it was more panicking than wheezing.

So, never stay indoors next time the fogging came around ......

More Fogging

Finally it was down to Majlis Daerah Gombak to organise the fogging. And they came in one big van. The whole place was shrouded in clouds. The whole of Jalan Delima.

The officer went from house to house to inform them that fogging was taking place. They also erected a big banner informing everybody that here had been cases of dengue recently - my Mum and brother-in-law none the less.

He also informed us that there would be some activities planned for the community in the coming few weeks. There would be talks and also gotong-royong to clear the area, and hopefully stop any more new cases from cropping up.

The sad thing was, the officer was told off by his superior as if the cases were his fault. He would be doing more fogging in the coming weeks to make sure things settle down. He did ask how my Mum and brother was doing. According to him, it had been a while since the last case were reported in our neighborhood. Hopefully when the campaign were launched, people in the neighborhood would be joining in in force.

Let the Fogging Begin

We got a phone call from the Health Authority yesterday about having the house fogged since my Mother-in-law was down with dengue. The call was from the authority in Kuala Lumpur, since the house was under KL postcode. But after a short conversation, we were under the jurisdiction of Selayang, due to some geographical border. The two authority were yet to communicate with each other since they from a separate state.

We decided to get a private company in while the two authority trash things out. They came earlier this afternoon, and things were sorted out rather well. We left the windows open for the fog to enter the house and hopefully get rid of the pesty little mosquitoes.

Luckily the boys were out at their Quran school, as otherwise, Idlan especially would have freaked out. It took about an hour before the fog settled down. Hopefully by now, the place were Aedes-free.