A company selling mosquito repellent products, Manouka, is the official partner of a vigilance site against these tiresome insects, online since May 2013.
On a map of France, different colors indicate the presence of the mosquito in France. Each region can be in an “alert” (red), “reported outbreak” (orange), “conditions favorable to multiplication” (yellow), or “health watch – nothing to report” (green) situation. .
“We wish to put ourselves at the service of health professionals and the general public in search of reliable and practical information to better understand mosquitoes, their nuisances and the risks they generate”, we read on the site in question.
No scientific value
For the regional daily South West, such an initiative is “a total mix of genres. A bit as if Météo France, by broadcasting its severe cold warning bulletins, was selling down jackets and snow tires”
This opinion is shared by the Regional Health Agency, for which this unofficial site distills information that has “no scientific value”, reveals the daily.
The Agency also recalls that “orange vigilance in mosquitoes, that does not exist, there is no danger. The only dangerous aspect, it’s the tiger mosquito. “
