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Here are a few instructions given by a Health Inspector to a group of students, in order to prevent malaria and dengue. Complete the series adding some more important instructions.
- Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
- Keep your surroundings clean.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
- ______
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Solution
- Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
- Keep your surroundings clean.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
- Always use a bed net impregnated with insecticide.
- Use mosquito repellants, carry them wherever you go.
- Don’t allow rainwater to gather in discarded tires and mud pots or coconut shells.
- Keep all water containers or tanks closed.
- Cover your well also.
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