{"id":16074,"date":"2024-01-31T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16074"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:52:16","slug":"linden-schools-undergo-fumigation-to-address-flea-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-schools-undergo-fumigation-to-address-flea-infestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Schools Undergo Fumigation to Address Flea Infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In response to complaints from students and teachers about insect bites, schools in Linden are currently undergoing fumigation to control a suspected flea infestation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Executive Officer, Dwight John, announced that students and teachers can return to the classrooms on Monday after the completion of the fumigation process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vector control unit is utilizing a harmless chemical called Tritox to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John explained that 80 percent of the schools have already been fumigated, and the remaining ones will be completed by Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspected flea infestation is believed to have originated from stray cats and dogs entering the school compounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to John, discussions with agricultural officers indicate that the infestation could be fleas or sandflies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that many schools have stray animals on their premises, and once these animals carry fleas, they can quickly multiply and spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few days, teachers in some schools had to dismiss students early due to the impact of the insects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health officials reassured parents that the fleas are harmless to humans, and there is no need for concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to complaints from students and teachers about insect bites, schools in Linden are currently undergoing fumigation to control a suspected flea infestation. Regional Executive Officer, Dwight John, announced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16076,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions\/16076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}