The Regional Director of Education, Northern-North East Region, Dr. Peter Attafuah has applauded Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the Government of Ghana for their constant and consecutive effort in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. According to him, Zoomlion Ghana has been on top of its tasks from the very first day the country recorded its first COVID-19 positive case. "I must congratulate Zoomlion, they have done well. From the very first day the country recorded its first case, they have seen to it they disinfect and fumigate all the vit

When bed bugs attach themselves to people or clothing, often in infested public places, they can be inadvertently introduced into homes. People can spot signs of an infestation in a number of ways, including by certain odours.Many bugs emit odours called alarm pheromones, and bed bugs are one of them said Dodson Pest Control.The site added: If a large group ofbed bugsis disturbed, such as when someone plops themselves on a bed that they have made their home, they may emit these pheromones.Bed bug odours can also come from faecal matter.Interest

I still remember the first time I saw one of my neighbors at the beginning of the stay-at-home order. We caught sight of each other near our mailboxes and had a glance of shared understanding. It was so nice to see another human being.A few years ago, I dealt with another drastic life change after a bed bug outbreak. I experienced the agony of disinfecting everything, checking and re-checking that I wasnt spreading the bugs around and avoiding other people entirely. As a result, I felt isolated from pretty much everyone.The beginning of this pa

Dec. 10, 2020When it comes to Local Law 69, Dennis DePaola likes to stay ahead of the curve. The law requires all multi-family residential buildings, including co-ops and condos, to file an annual bedbug history with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31. With the deadline looming, DePaola, an executive vice president and the director of compliance at Orsid Realty, already has all his paperwork in order.The Annual Bedbug Report must detail any units that had infestations during the previous 12 m

Bed bugs: How to prevent an infestation in your homeBed bugs are an intractable nuisance if you have them because they are roughly the size of a seed and often dwell in hard-to-reach places. Their presence does not go entirely undetected, however. Bed bugs have a taste for exposed skin and dinner time is usually while you are asleep.he two key clues that you have been bitten by a bed bug are the location and pattern of the bite marks.Take location first. According to pest control body Rentokil, bed bug bites can occur anywhere on the body but a

The District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board has confirmed to BayToday that five units at the Edgewater apartments on Lakeshore Drive are being treated for bed bugs.Mark King, the DNSSAB chairman, got the news on Tuesday and confirmed the bed bug infestation in the low-income facilityon Wednesday afternoon."Our housing manager has indicated that they confirmed that there are five units that have bed bug activity now," said King."All (the five units)of the apartments have been treated at least once."King says his housing manage

Bed bugs are making a comeback, but Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has an on-demand online course to protect you and your home from this unwanted visitor.People have a visceral reaction to the words bed bugs, said Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension integrated pest management specialist, Dallas. She and other AgriLife Extension IPM specialists created a $25 online program to help people learn how to effectively protect themselves from the pest.Bed bugs have hitched rides via human movement for centuries before the pests were finally brought

Investigators from Europe describe a case report of a patient who experienced skin lesions associated with bed bug infestation and received effective treatment with topical steroids and antihistamines, as published in Dermatologic Therapy.Bed bugs, brownish insects often found in dark places, bite sleeping humans to obtain blood. In the past 30 years, there has been a resurgence in bed bugs across the globe, which has resulted in increased healthcare costs to patients. Patients bitten by bed bugs rapidly develop highly polymorphic and often lin

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) Trevor Eddy was the eighth lawyer a family approached after they were bitten by bed bugs on vacation.Like the others, he initially wrote them off. Then, he quickly discovered that theres no sight oversight or laws about bed bugs in hotels or what businesses have to do in response to them.Two years later, hes handled 40 cases where clients have said theyve been bitten by bed bugs.I wish this wasnt an area of law that I have to practice, Eddy said.The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control does not

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) Bed bugs forced several floors of the Tennessee legislative offices to be evacuated Thursday.It means dozens of people, including lawmakers, wont be allowed back until their offices are treated for the insects.Yesterday we were informed there was something going on, on the fifth floor, said Kingsport state representative John Crawford as he and his wife left the Cordell Hull Building, housing legislative offices.Frankly its just another part of 2020, said House Democrat Press Secretary Ken Jobe.We found out that it was

AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsWorkers in Tennessee's legislative office building aren't just trying to avoid catching the coronavirus.Now, there arebedbugs.The pests were discovered Wednesday in multiple offices on the fifth floor of the Cordell Hull office building, where House members of the General Assembly and their staff work.All House staff have now been advised to work from home until after Thanksgiving while offices are treated for bedbugs, according to legislative administration director Connie Ridley.Cordell Hull Building436 6th

Bedbugs have made another appearance at an Ottawa isolation hub for Nunavut residents and travellers heading to the territory.A guest at the Hilton Homewood Suites is nearing the end of her two-week isolation at the downtown Ottawa hotel before travelling to Nunavut on business.She told Nunatsiaq News earlier this week she became increasingly worried about her well-being after being bitten repeatedly by bedbugs over the weekend.The woman asked for her name to be kept confidential because of work-related agreements which do not give her the auth

ANN ARBOR, MI From a bedbug infestation reported in an Ann Arbor public housing complex, to two I-94 construction workers being killed by a suspected drunk driver, a lot has been going on in the Ann Arbor-area.Here are some headlines you might have missed this week.Bedbug infestation reported at Ann Arbor public housing complexMadison Schankin said she noticed bedbugs in her apartment the day she moved in several months ago.I could see them coming out of the stairs. They were in the shower, in my carpet, on anything I took upstairs, said the t

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) A North Myrtle Beach resort is facing a lawsuit after a family claims their suite was infested with bed bugs, which spread to their home and caused injuries. A family was vacationing at the Wyndham Ocean Boulevard Resort, located at 1410 South Ocean Blvd, when they claim their hotel suite was infested with bed bugs, according to a lawsuit filed on November 6. Victoria Hoover, David Hoover and Etta Sherrod, from Brunswick County, NC, Benjamin Hoover, from Baldwin County, AL, and Joshua Hoover, from Los Angeles, CA