Pests under control for Olympic Games

Beijing is trying its best to contain potential public health risks caused by pests at the Beijing Olympic Games, a leading health official has said.

Reducing the numbers of rats, flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches is at the top of the agenda, said Zeng Xiaotong, secretary-general of the vector biology and control committee under the Ministry of Health (MOH), on Tuesday.

There are various kinds of pest-borne infectious diseases, such as bubonic plague, dengue fever and West Nile virus, which can be transmitted by these pests to humans.