Coronavirus: mosquito is not vector, but avoid bites

ROME - No risk of transmission of SARS-Cov-2 from mosquito bites but better to avoid being stung because insect bites can always be associated with other health problems.
    It is the recommendation that comes in a Fnomceo note that recalls how the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) has already clarified this front by anticipating the results of an Italian study that exclude the possibility of a transmission of Covid-19 through the puncture mosquito.
    However, "attention to the response to Covid-19 has led to a reduction in pest control services, along with a more limited ability to test mosquito and tick samples to evaluate the presence of agents that can cause diseases, "says Chelsea Gridley-Smith, director of environmental health at the National Association of County and City Health. In other words, in many contexts, the local health departments have not been able to dedicate staff to the disinfestation activity because they are hampered by the pandemic. This could also have happened in some Italian regions.
    The increased attention to health produced by the health emergency of these months also leads to the temptation to trace many problems to Covid-19.