Hong Kong is planning to trial a novel 'mosquito-to-control-mosquito' strategy next year. The method involves infecting male mosquitoes with bacteria to prevent the maturation of their offspring.

Hong Kong will trial a “mosquito-to-control-mosquito” strategy next year, under which the insect males are infected with bacteria to prevent their offspring from reaching maturity, following the city’s first local dengue fever case in over a year. Announcing the strategy on Sunday, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Donald Ng Man-kit said the government would consider stepping up mosquito control measures with a lower threshold, as the city’s mosquito population rose more rapidly this...