Boats Withdrawn From Ports To Be Destroyed To Prevent The Spreading Of Dengue-Health Ministry

Ministry Of Health has decided to destroy the Boats withdrawn from the service by Ports throughout the Island to prevent spreading of Dengue through the Dengue Mosquito larvae breeding sites of these boats.

Health Ministry is due to be taken steps to destroy these boats with assistance of Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic resources.It has been revealed that a large number of Dengue Mosquito larvae breeding sites are there inside these unused boats attached to the ports.

This has been widely discussed during a meeting of Government Hospital directors held at the Health Ministry Auditorium today(21).