Around 1019 Dengue Patients Reported From The Island This Month -Epidemeology Unit

There's a threat of  spreading Dengue rapidly at present due to the Monsoon rains in several Districts of the island according to Epidemiology Unit .

During first nine days of this month 1019 Dengue patients had been reported from the island and out of this number 294 patients had been reported from Colombo District and 167 patients reported from Jaffna District.

A Massive Dengue Awareness Campaign will be held today (10)and tomorrow  (11) at Westetn Province ,Jaffna District and KilinochchI Districts to avoid spreading Dengue according to Ministry of Health .

The programme will be held at 40 MOH areas in the selected Province and two Districts and 590 teams comprising of Tri forces personal ,Police and Health workers will be participated in this programme .