Málaga is increasing mosquito surveillance and control measures in Campanillas after West Nile virus was detected in a mosquito sample collected near the Guadalhorce River. The district has been declared an alert area until 3 September by the Andalusian regional health authority, the city council said on 7 August.
The sample was taken as part of preventive monitoring using traps to track mosquito populations. The alert has prompted a new phase of the council’s integrated surveillance and control plan for vectors that can transmit West Nile fever.
The municipality’s Environmental Sustainability department will reinforce fumigation in Campanillas. This work adds to treatments already carried out near the El Tarajal neighbourhood, according to the council.
The council has also inspected wetlands in other parts of the city as a precaution. It did not specify which additional locations were checked or provide details of the timetable for the intensified measures.
The notice concerns virus detected in mosquitoes, not an infection in a person. The city council said the regional health authority’s communication made no mention of human transmission in Málaga.
The alert is therefore tied to the result of mosquito surveillance in the Guadalhorce area. The municipality’s response combines further treatment in Campanillas with checks of other wetlands, while the district remains under alert through 3 September.