Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places Found In 102 Schools In Colombo

Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places found from around 102 schools in Colombo District including some of the leading schools during a raid carried out in the schools early this month the National Dengue Control Programme.

Out of the 170 schools raided ,Dengue Mosquito Larvae has been found in 44 schools the Programme has stated.

At the moment Dengue patients are being reported from Nine Districts in the country namely Colombo,Gampaha,Kalutara ,Batticaloa,Jaffna,Kalmunai,Galle,Matara and Ratanapura districts it has been revealed.

During this year more than 9500 Dengue patients have been reported and 12 Dengue Deaths occurred according to the Dengue Control Campaign.