How not to catch West Nile fever?

The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Armenia has issued an eight-point guide to not contracting the West Nile fever.

The guide is as follows:

- Limit time spent outdoors between dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active.

- Do not touch dead birds.

- Wear long-sleeved clothes.

- Remove still water around the house to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.

- Wear disposable gloves and protective clothing during contact with sick animals, during slaughter or butcher processing.

- Avoid long grass, wetlands, bushes, and grassy banks.

- Use insecticides.

- Use mosquito nets on windows and doors.