People must clean containers thoroughly and change the water often, and use covers or fill in with sand places where water collects. Easy to say, hard to do.
正在使用的容器要定期換水、仔細刷洗；用畢倒置、加蓋，或是用沙土填滿；捕蟻缽放鹽巴或肥皂粉；廢棄的堆積物盡快清理移走… …，這些都是「說來容易做來難」，尤其防蚊滅蚊沒有「一勞永逸」的妙方，只要民眾懈怠下來，蚊蟲馬上繁衍。