“Tick activity depends on the environment. If the sun warms somewhere, then single ticks will creep out. There will be no mass exit, which gives epidemiological complications. Such collisions due to warm weather can be. But no panic. The temperature for ticks is still low. They need about +8 ... + 10 ° С, ”she said in an interview with Sputnik radio station.
According to Shashina, there is no need to use chemicals to repel ticks in the winter due to the low probability of picking up an insect.
However, she recommended putting on long trousers and tucking them into boots.
“If your pants hang over your boots, then the tick will crawl under the pants from the boot and begin to look for a place for suction,” said Shashina.
Earlier, Amber Territory, citing the press service of the city administration, reported an increase in the number of requests for medical care after tick bites by one and a half times in the Kaliningrad region in 2019.