60,000 addresses received a letter this year that the tiger mosquito has been spotted nearby

The NVWA is notifying residents within 100 or 500 meters of tiger mosquito findings, conducting inspections, and applying larvicides where necessary. They are monitoring hotspots, particularly in Lent, where numerous findings have occurred. The agency aims to control the population and prevent the spread of tropical diseases, although complete eradication is deemed impossible. The risk of disease transmission remains low for now, as cases in the Netherlands are primarily linked to travel to tropical regions.