Public health officials in Toronto say mosquitoes’ virus has become an issue of concern for Toronto’s Public health officials because many people are still suffering from the virus.

The 2002 official figures claim that due to this virus, Toronto registered 11 deaths but from past some years, the number has turned down.

Toronto Public Health spokesman, Dr. Howard Shapiro has requested the localities use bug spray and to guard themselves from bites in mosquitoes prone areas.

He further recommended diminishing mosquito reproduction; people should immediately deplete standing water.

Meanwhile, Toronto Public Health organized 43 bug entraps in the town and sent mosquitoes for a week’s examination. Till date, approximately 569 mosquitoes have been trapped by the crew.

The city says the practice of spraying for larvae in standing water is more environmentally friendly and safer than treating adult mosquitoes by ‘fogging' certain areas.

The crew had taken quick measures in the host festivals areas including all the other outdoor events and before the Indy begins, the Commonwealth Stadium, and the City Centre Airport would be scattered with the stain treatments by the squad.

For the control, the city has invested an amount of $900,000, out of which, more than half had been used on spraying. Over the first two rounds, nearly 10,000 hectares has been sprayed by helicopter.