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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

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.

Government Has Decided To Form A New Defense Unit And Appoint Field Marshal Fonseka As The Head Of The Unit

Government has decided to form a new Defense Unit which can be functioned with all Defense Units in the country including tri forces and appoint Minister ,Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as head of the Unit.

President Maithripla Sirisena has submitted a proposal regarding the forming of a new Defense Unit and appointing Field Marshal Fonseka as the head of the Unit to the Cabinet and got approval it has been stated.

Former Army Commander Field Marshal Fonseka will be given responsibility on managing emergency situations in the country through the new post Government has announced.

Heavy Traffic Prevailed In And Around Technical Junction And Coombo Fort Last Night Due To A Student Protest

A heavy traffic prevailed in and around Technical Junction,Maradana and Colombo Fort last night(26)due to a Group of Medical and University Students staged a protest march during night by carrying torches against the Malabe Private Medical Collage(SAITM).

The Student protestors begun their protest march jointly organized by the Medical Faculty Students Action Committee and Inter University Students Federation near Colombo Medical Faculty around 7 p.m last night and marched towards Colombo Fort Railway station and held a protest campaign there.

Meanwhile three medical students involved in the protest march were injured and hospitalized last night during the march after a high speed Three Wheeler colliding with the students.The injured students were admitted to Colombo National Hospital.