Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, is flying drones over shuttered residences to check for signs of the mosquito in gardens, terraces and other places where they might breed, Xinhua reported.
Since the Zika virus has been suspected of causing birth defects, the federal government intensified its c ..
Teams of troops and civil servants have already covered 40 percent of sites, or about 27.5 million homes, businesses and public buildings, the government said.
However, the teams were either barred from entering certain properties, or found no one there to let them in, leading authorities to consider using drones to access such sites.
The legislature of the west-central state of Mato Grosso has also approved a law to allow cities to use drones to combat the mosquito.
Equipped with video cameras, the drones allow operators to spot potential b ..