Saturday, July 15, 2017

Number Of Dengue Patients Has Been Increased By Eight Folds,Death Rate Is Low-Health Minister

The number of Dengue patients reported in the island
has been increased recently by eight folds but the number of Dengue deaths still low around .3 according to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Speaking during the island wide Dengue Control programme launched yesterday (15) titled "Lets get together-Prevent Dengue" the Minister has said now the total number of Dengue patients reported during this year has been increased to 90,000 and everyone's duty is to minimize the number of patients through destroying Dengue Mosquito breeding places in view of cleaning the enviornment around us.

Health Minister has praised the Contribution of Sri Lankan Media to this programme and stated that need to spend millions of rupees if the Health Ministry has organized this programme alone ,But all media institutions in the country contributed to this programme free of charge considering  it as a national duty.

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