Building Construction Sites in the Colombo City are identified as the large scale Dengue Mosquito Breeding places in the City According to the Chief Medical Officer In Colombo Dr.Ruwan Wijemuni.The majority of the Dengue Breeding Places in the city around 40% out of the total number of Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places are at these construction sites Dr.Wijemuni has stressed.
Around 1500 such Building Construction Sites in Colombo City which are currently underway are at risk of becoming large scale dengue breeding places due to the in proper way of maintaining these sites he has said.
In view of this situation the Public Health Department of the Colombo Urban Council has decided to conduct an emergency meeting with around 200 Construction Firms handling the construction work of the mentioned sites ,the Engineers,Technical Officers and the Supervisors attach to these construction sites by tomorrow(20) morning to find ways to minimize the dengue mosquito breeding in construction sites dr.wijemuni has revealed.
Around 743 Dengue Patients and 2 Dengue Deaths have been reported form the Colombo City during last 19 days of this month he has further said.
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