Sri Lanka: 2010 dengue cases

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Source: http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/01/18/news47.asp

Monday, 18 January 2010

Alawwa sees increase in dengue patients
M. A. R. Manukulasooriya Hiriyala group correspondent

The number of dengue patients in the Alawwa area is increasing daily. Two hundred and ninety three dengue patients have been identified from the Alawwa MOH division and out of them seven have died, said Medical Officer of Health, Alawwa Dr. Sunil D. Silva.
Dengue Menace
* Nawathalwatta: 119 patients

* Maharachchimulla: 53 patients

* Waduwawa: 32 patients

He made these observations at a seminar held at the Alawwa Divisional Secretariat office auditorium to make Grama Niladharis aware of the dengue fever epidemic.

Dr. Silva said that 119 patients are reported from Nawathalwatta, 53 patients from Maharachchimulla, 89 patients from Alawwa and 32 patients are reported from Waduwawa.

"We all should get together and implement a special program to control the situation. We have planned to set up operation committees on Grama Niladhari division level to make the people aware of the dengue epidemic.

"We have made arrangements to make school children aware of this," he added.

Public Health Inspector (administration) Upali Pathiraja said there was an increase in mosquito breeding places in and around residences.

Rain water collects in roof gutters, water storage tanks, drains, ornamental plants, items in improperly disposed garbage and provides for breeding.

Two thousand six hundred and thirty six dengue patients have been identified from the Kurunegala district by now.

Most are from Alawwa, Narammala, Polgahawela, Pannala and Rideegama areas.

No Dengue patients are reported from the areas where dry climatic conditions prevailed, he said.

"We request the public to take immediate steps to eliminate mosquito breeding places in their immediate environment and prevent the spread of Dengue fever," he added. Divisional Secretary, Alawwa K. A. Jayawardene also attended this seminar.

 

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* Over 2000 dengue cases in Sri Lanka this month
Fri, Jan 22, 2010, 01:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Jan 22, Colombo: Only three weeks into the new year, over 2,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the country, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Department disclosed.

A majority of the 2,169 cases reported until January 20th, was from the Colombo and Gampaha districts. There were 311 reported cases in Colombo District and 317 cases have been reported in the Gampaha district.

Jaffna and Vavuniya districts in Northern region also have reported a large number of cases compared to the rest of the country. There were 234 cases in Jaffna district and 256 cases in Vavuniya district.

Compared to the previous years, the disease has already surged to epidemic proportions this year. However, there were no deaths reported from Dengue yet.

Meanwhile, 631 confirmed cases of pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 (Swine Flu) have been reported by 15th January 2010 out of a total of 2285 samples at the Medical Research Institute and there were 46 deaths due to the H1N1 flu, the Epidemiology Unit said.

The first death due to influenza A/H1N1 in the island nation occured in the hill city of Kandy last November. The first H1N1 case was detected in Sri Lanka in June 2009.

 

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Source: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/LSGZ-7ZXK2K?OpenDocument

Dengue deaths rise and the virus spreads - Prof. Amarasena

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

Date: 22 Jan 2010


Friday, 22 January 2010

The number of patients who have died due to dengue fever increased to 330 and more than 30,000 have been infected so far.

The Health Ministry has taken adequate steps to educate the public and bring down experts to adopt measures to combat the spread of the virus,

Child Specialist, Professor Sujeewa Amarasena said at the news conference held at Government Information Department.

However, he claimed that the cooperation from local authorities were much below expectations as garbage continued to pile up in populated areas.

He said the cooperation from the public was valuable as people now kept their home gardens quite clean following instructions from the health sector.

In addition, he pointed out that health facilities are being implemented to prevent diseases such as Malaria and Dengue which can occur following the incessant rains experienced in the North. Special mobile health services have also been launched.

 

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2,224 dengue cases reported in January
By Ishtartha Wellaboda
The official website of the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka confirms that there have been 2,224 reported cases of dengue so far this month. According to the same website last week, there were only 997 cases of dengue reported. This shows an additional 1,227 cases of dengue reported within last week alone.
The number of reported cases of dengue in Colombo and Gampaha has drastically increased as well. According to last week?s data, the number of cases reported from Colombo was 176 while there were 153 cases reported from Gampaha. However, as of last Friday, there were 317 cases reported from each city. This shows an increase of 141 cases in Colombo and 164 cases in Gampaha.

However, the most dramatic rise in the infection is reported from the Jaffna District. There were only 22 reported cases as of last week, while this week the number has increased to 238, amounting to a total 216 reported cases within last week alone. Though this is still low compared to last month?s 3,781 reported cases, the fact that dengue seems to be on the rise cannot be ignored.

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Feb1265382099CH.html

* Sri Lanka to purchase 30,000 liters of BTI bacteria from Cuba to control dengue
Fri, Feb 5, 2010, 08:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka government is to purchase 30,000 liters of Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) bacteria from a Cuban company to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

The Cabinet today approved a proposal submitted by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition, Nimal Siripala de Silva to purchase 30,000 liters BTI bacteria from Labiofam Pharmaceutical Biological Laboratories Enterprise of Cuba.

The bacteria to be purchased at a cost of 53.1 million rupees will be used to initiate the trial planned to be conducted in 3 MOH areas in Kandy district.

Production of BTI in Sri Lanka by a local company under the guidance of Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) is currently being processed and it is not commercially available yet, the Minister said presenting his proposal.

A limited approval has been obtained from the Registrar of Pesticides to import the 30,000 liters of BTIManufactured by Labiofam, pending registration of the product in Sri Lanka.

Two Cuban experts visited Sri Lanka in July 2009 and submitted a report with several recommendations to control dengue which included the application of BTI, a biological larvicide to control dengue mosquito vector in selected areas.

BTI is a spore forming bacteria that produces a protein crystal which is toxic to the mosquitoes and black flies when ingested. BTI is applied directly to the water where the mosquito larvae are developing so it is readily ingested by them. A total of 4,081 dengue cases has been reported so far this year. Colombo, Gampaha, and Jaffna districts are the worst affected each reporting over 500 cases.

 

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Feb1266391779CH.html

Over 6,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka this year
Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 12:59 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Feb 17, Colombo: Over 6,000 dengue cases have already been reported in Sri Lanka within the first six weeks of the year and 42 of them have been fatal, figures released by the Epidemiological Unit of Sri Lanka, Health Ministry showed.

In January there were 4,589 cases of dengue reported and 35 have died of the disease. Two weeks into the February, 7 deaths due to the disease among 1,857 cases have been reported.

Only 1,279 cases have been reported during the month of January last year while 948 cases were reported in February.

So far this year most number of cases has been reported from Jaffna District with a total of 1,234. Colombo and Gampaha districts each recorded over 700 cases.

No disease occurrences have been reported from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts where recent resettlements of displaced civilians had taken place. However, 392 cases have been reported from Vavuniya district.

According to the Director of the Epidemiology Unit, Dr. Paba Palihawadana the public help in destroying the breeding grounds of Dengue mosquito is essential to control the spread of the disease.

Last year there were 35,007 cases of dengue in the country and 346 have died from the disease.

The government is to purchase the lavicide bacteria, Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) from a Cuban company to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

 

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Feb1267298274CH.html

Dengue cases rising in Northern Sri Lanka
Sun, Feb 28, 2010, 12:47 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Feb 27, Colombo: The Mosquito-borne Dengue fever is spreading once again in Sri Lanka, especially in northern Jaffna peninsula with a sharp increase in the number of patients, the data released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka, Health Ministry showed.

Over 8,000 dengue cases have been reported so far in the first two months of the year and 46 of tem have been fatal according to the figures released by the Epidemiology Unit on Friday.

The number of cases has risen nearly 260 percent from the corresponding figure during the same period last year. So far 8,001 cases have been reported for the months of January and February opposed to the 2,227 cases reported in 2009.

The Dengue epidemic was mostly prevalent in Colombo, Gampaha and Jaffna districts. Nearly half of the deaths has been reported from these three districts.

The Jaffna district reported the highest number of cases with 1,557 patients and 8 deaths while Gampaha district recorded 1,004 cases and 6 deaths. There were 954 reported cases and 7 deaths in the Colombo district.

According to the Director of the Epidemiology Unit, Dr. Paba Palihawadana the public help in destroying the breeding grounds of Dengue mosquito is essential to control the spread of the disease.

The government is to purchase the lavicide bacteria, Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) from a Cuban company to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

 

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Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/news/5151.html


Dengue on the rise in the City
Thursday, 04 March 2010 00:25

By Yohan Perera

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) made some staggering disclosures on dengue in Sri Lanka?s main city of Colombo yesterday when they revealed that there had been 484 cases this year alone.

Chief Medical Officer, Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam told Daily Mirror that there had been 6 recorded deaths in the city this year as well. He said there had been 14 cases reported in the month of February this year with most of the victims being school children under the age of 10. Colombo Central had been the area with the most infections resulting from poor sanitation standards prevailing there.

Explaining the measures taken by the CMC to prevent the disease from spreading, Dr. Kariyawasam said that spraying insecticide is being carried out from the early hours of the morning till evening. He stressed the need to clean the canals in the city because most of them are waterlogged and as a result breeding grounds for mosquitoes including the dengue mosquito. The CMC therefore expects the Land Reclamation Corporation to clean up these canals. In addition steps have been taken to carry out preventative programmes at school level.

He called on the private sector to also invest in preventive programmes to eradicate dengue and NGOs to help as well. It was explained that the Municipal Council is doing its best to prevent the disease despite a severe manpower shortage. He said the Public Health Department has only 55 labourers to carry out spraying activities. ?We need at least 150 men to carry out the job in a proper manner,? he added.

Dr. Kariyawasam also explained that city dwellers have become less considerate towards others. ?Many people dump garbage to the canals nearby and they are not bothered till one of their family members contracts dengue.

However, Dr. Kariyawasam assured the public that there is no need to be alarmed as the number cases are on the decline.

 

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Mar1267721238CH.html

Task force to control dengue epidemic in Sri Lanka
Thu, Mar 4, 2010, 10:17 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Mar 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Healthcare an Nutrition Nimal Sripala de Silva today received the Cabinet's approval to appoint members for a National Task Force to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

The Task Force is aimed at strengthening the inter-sectoral co-ordination and social mobilization at National Level.

Alarmed by the increasing rate of the mosquito-borne disease, the Ministry has taken measures to educate the public and control the breeding grounds of the dengue mosquito.

According to the health authorities getting the country to eliminate and destroy dengue mosquito breeding places is the most effective measure for dengue control.

Unplanned urbanization, lack of infrastructure improvement and poor waste management systems are some factors that have contributed to abundant man-made mosquito breeding places which has resulted in outbreaks of dengue fever in an unprecedented manner.

Since there are many stakeholder and partners responsible for keeping the environment free from dengue mosquito breeding places, the Ministry says it has planned to establish a National Task Force with the aim of promoting environmental management through the collaboration of relevant ministries, departments and organizations.

The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry data shows the number of cases have rapidly risen to 8,652 cases and 46 deaths so far this year, 4,608 in January and 4,044 in February.

Sri Lanka experienced the largest epidemic of dengue fever in the history with 34,896 patient and 345 deaths reported in year 2009.

However, this year the numbers may be much higher if the present rate of the epidemic continues. In 2009 only 2,227 cases have been reported during the first two months of the year.

The Ministry says the disease, though prevalent in Sri Lanka since 1962, was mostly concentrated in urban areas but now has spread to semi-urban and rural areas and become a significant public health problem in the country.

 

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Source: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88394

Friday 12 March 2010
SRI LANKA: Dengue spread slows in north

COLOMBO, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - The spread of Dengue fever has eased in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north, but health officials warn continued vigilance is necessary.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 2,000 cases of the mosquito-borne infection have been reported in Jaffna and Vavuniya districts, fuelled largely by late monsoon rains at the end of 2009.

According to the Ministry of Health's Epidemiology Unit, 22 cases were reported in Jaffna in the first 10 days of March.

This is a substantial drop from January and February, when more than 800 cases were reported each month.

"It's a significant drop and we feel that the trend will continue," Hasitha Tissera, a government health official at the unit told IRIN in Colombo. "The number of infections is likely to go down this month."

Meanwhile, a drop in the number of cases in Vavuniya has also been reported.

In January, 336 Dengue cases were registered, followed by 91 last month and 10 so far this month.

Large numbers of civilians displaced by the decades-long civil war that ended in May 2009 still live in Vavuniya...

 

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Source: http://www.nation.lk/2010/03/14/news2.htm

Dengue to reach peak with rains
By Ishtartha Wellaboda

With the number of dengue cases reported in the first two and half months of the year has reached 9,655 with 60 patients reported dead, the health authorities warned that this year will record the worst number of cases with monsoons expected to begin next month.
Last year saw 3,093 cases in the same period. Colombo and Jaffna Districts record higher vulnerability to the disease.
According to the Epidemiology Unit the highest number of dengue deaths (14) so far has been reported from Jaffna.

?So far, 14 deaths have been reported and 11 deaths are from the Colombo District.
From the total of 1,197 dengue cases reported from the Colombo District, 383 were reported from the Colombo Municipal area alone. The total number of dengue cases reported in the same period last year was 572, with 222 cases reported from the Colombo Municipal area and 350 cases reported from other areas in the district. The data seems to suggest an unfriendly rise in the spread of the disease in the densely populated Colombo District,? an epidemiologist said.

Meanwhile, over Rs.139,500 was collected in the Colombo Municipal area last year as fines from people who harboured mosquito breeding places. According to sources at the Colombo Municipal Council, out of 122 people who were warned against having mosquito breeding places in their compounds 47 had failed to comply. Accordingly, legal action was taken against those 47 individuals.

The disease situation in Jaffna has reached an alarming stage with a total of 1,723 cases reported during the past two months. The disease situation in Jaffna is especially alarming because there were only 1,159 cases of dengue reported from Jaffna for the whole of last year.
Meanwhile, Health Ministry officials were pointing fingers at local government bodies for neglecting their duties in battling the spread of the disease.

 

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Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/6437.html

Deadly dengue still on the rampage
Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00

By Melanie Bamunusinghe

The Health Ministry?s Epidemiology Unit said yesterday that as many as 10,217 dengue cases including 63 deaths had been reported during the past two and a half months.

An official said the highest number of 14 deaths was reported from the Jaffna district, 11 from Colombo and seven from Gampaha.

?There were twelve deaths in February. But no deaths have been reported this month so far,? he said.

The official said that though there was a decrease in the number of cases reported this month, the situation could worsen with the onset of monsoonal rain in April and May...

 

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Mar1269527085JR.html

Dengue outbreak claims 63 lives this year in Sri Lanka
Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 07:54 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Mar 25, Colombo: Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka has taken lives of 63 patients so far this year, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health reveals.

A total of 10,950 dengue cases have been reported until this week. During the same period last year only 3,096 cases had been reported. The total number of dengue patients diagnosed in 2009 was 35,010.

A majority of the dengue patients this year was from Colombo and Gampaha districts in the Western Province while Jaffna district had the highest number with 1,784 cases.

The dry weather during the past weeks has caused reduction of dengue cases. But the health authorities are alarmed by the increase of cases with the onset of inter monsoonal showers...

 

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Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Mar1269789574CH.html

Special task force to control dengue epidemic in Sri Lanka
Sun, Mar 28, 2010, 08:49 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Mar 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition has appointed a special task force at the national level to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.

The Health Ministry said it will launch a broad based programme to control the spread of the disease and accordingly has set up the task force recently with the support of all Ministries including Health and Education and other government departments to eradicate the Dengue menace.

Under the programme 65 Ministry of Health (MOH) divisions have been declared as high risk areas for the disease to spread.

"A special programme has commenced in order to minimize the spread of dengue within these MOH divisions which belong to 15 districts," the Ministry said.

The program will educate the school children on the necessary precautionary measures to avoid falling victim to the disease.

The Ministry has noted that the spread of dengue from urban surroundings to village level has shown a significant increase.

Latest statistics from the Epidemiology Unit reveals that so far this year 63 deaths have been reported among 10,999 dengue patients island wide.

Colombo, Gampaha, and Jaffna were the most affected districts, each reporting over 1,300 cases. Jaffna district recorded 1,795 cases whereas Colombo had 1,329 patients and three were 1,393 cases in Gampaha district. Jaffna also had the highest death toll of 16 from the disease.

However, the number of patients reported in March is substantially lower than the averages for the first two months of 2010. Only 1790 case have been reported in March compared to 4,667 for January and 4,542 for February.


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Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/news/7232.html


Dengue threat to rise further
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 04:21

By Nabeela Hussain

The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry yesterday warned that the number of dengue cases was expected to rise in the coming months with the onset of rains while the number of dengue cases reported this year has risen to 11,163.

?Rains are expected in April, May and June and that could trigger an increase in the number of dengue cases,? Epidemiology Unit Head, Dr. Paba Palihawardane said.

She however said there had been a decrease in the number of cases reported in March compared to figures in February. ?The number of cases reported in February was 4,542 while only 1,790 cases were reported in March,? she said.

The decrease in the number of cases can be attributed to several factors, such as awareness programmes and the change in weather. The numbers of dengue cases reported in Jaffna and Vavuniya too have decreased during March according the Epidemiology Unit. ?There were 873 cases reported from Jaffna and 91 from Vavuniya in February, but this has decreased to 114 and 35 cases respectively in March,? Dr. Palihawardane said. Meanwhile there are 11, 163 cases reported and 67 resultant deaths from Dengue island wide this year...

 

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Source: http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/01/news53.asp

Thursday, 1 April 2010

Change in dengue treatment brings results

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has changed the entire treatment system available for dengue patients and the number of deaths have significantly decreased due to the new system which will continue hereafter, a Ministry spokesman said.

According to the spokesman, the Ministry has trained physicians attached to main State hospitals with WHO assistance. Under the new system, normal blood is given to dengue patients instead of platelet. Earlier platelet was given to dengue patients when their platelet count dropped. Under this new system, dengue patients in the high risk category like pregnant mothers, infants, elderly and persons who suffer from chronic diseases should seek medical treatment within six hours to avoid complications.

There were 48 dengue deaths during the first four weeks of this year but after the introduction of new treatment system only 15 dengue deaths have been reported by March 29. Around 99 percent of the dengue deaths occurred in the past due to Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in high risk category patients. The new treatment system prevents DHF deaths, he said.

Controlling dengue will not be the sole responsibility of the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry hereafter. It will be an inter sectoral coordination and social mobility program implemented through the Environment and Natural Resource Ministry, Education Ministry, Information and Media Ministry, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry, Local Government and Provincial Councils Ministry and some institutions that function under these Ministries.

They are included in the dengue task force. The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry will bear the responsibility of patient care, he added.

 

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Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/news/8510-dengue-raises-its-head-in-matale.html

Dengue raises its head in Matale
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:00
By M.W. Somaratne

Health authorities in the Matale district are alarmed that Dengue fever is raising its ugly head in several areas of the district again...

 

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Source: http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/20/news16.asp

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Steep decline in dengue deaths

Chaminda Perera

The Health Ministry yesterday said the deaths from dengue recorded a marked decrease with the introduction of the new patient management system in Government Hospitals islandwide.

The country recorded only 16 dengue deaths for the past 15 weeks beginning from Februrary 01. This was in contrast to 48 dengue deaths being reported from hospitals in January this year. A Health Ministry spokesman said, only one person has died of dengue during the past 19 days.

He said the patient management system and individual patient monitoring being practiced in Government hospitals have resulted in the decrease of dengue deaths...


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Source: http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/news31.asp

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Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Possible outbreak with monsoon rains:
Dengue warning by Health Ministry

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has warned the public of a possible dengue outbreak with the on set of the monsoon rains.

The number of dengue deaths reported within this year is 75 and there were 1,2611 dengue patients reported islandwide during the same period, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry Epidemiology Unit, Director Dr. Paba Palihawadana said.

Dr. Palihawadana said the public should be vigilant and prevent dengue mosquito breeding grounds within their compounds. They should also keep their environment clean. At the moment every week between 350 and 400 dengue patients are reported in Sri Lanka. Jaffna so far has reported 16 deaths, Colombo 15 and Batticaloa 9.

Dr. Palihawadana pointed out that there were 44 dengue deaths and 4,672 patients reported in January this year. In February 4,542 patients and 13 deaths were reported. The number of dengue patients reported in March is 2,522 and there were 15 deaths. Although a decrease of dengue is shown by the statistics, a dengue outbreak is possible during the rainy season.

The number of dengue deaths have gone down significantly after the introduction of the new treatment system of WHO.

It is difficult to eradicate the dengue mosquito because it breeds in clean water and places such as drinking water tanks where chemicals cannot be used to destroy them.

The `Dengue Control Week' will be held all over the country from May 3 to 9, she added.