Health Ministry To Launch A Special Two Day Dengue Inspection Programme In Schools Island Wide From Tomorow(28)

Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine has decided to conduct a two day island wide special Dengue Inspection Programme in all Schools on Tomorrow(28) and the day after(29) in view of controlling the spreading of Dengue in schools.

Accordingly  Health Workers,Police and Tri Forces Personal will participate the two day Dengue Inspection programme in schools and will be given one month period for schools with Dengue mosquito breeding places to remove the breeding places.

If a School found as having Dengue Mosquito breeding places not able to remove those places withing one month period authorities will take a legal action against the Principal of the school the Health Ministry has announced.

Schools are among the  high risk areas which breeding  Dengue Mosquitoes  according to the Ministry.

From January this year up to now more than 34,000 Dengue Patients have been reported from the country with 65 deaths.