UPDATE (04/12/18): Oxitec says that ‘the minster’s statement was his own personal opinion, not a reflection of the formal position of government’. They continue to say that ‘the project halted mosquito releases on November 5th because the end of the mosquito season was reached’. The pilot is still operational to this day.
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Plans to use genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate malaria have stalled after officials admit it didn’t work and a four-day mass drug administration is launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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