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Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 173 fatalities

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Dengue raises head in Colombo Thursday, 20 January 2011 00:00
By Yohan Perera

Five dengue cases have been reported from a military establishment in Thimbirigasyaya in Colombo while equal number of cases has been reported from the Colombo University during the past few weeks.

Chief Medical Officer Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam told Daily Mirror yesterday that Thimbirigasyaya had been an area where the dengue had been high during the past few days.

...

The Chief Medical Officer said there had been 54 cases of dengue reported this month but it was a 50 percent drop compared to last month.

http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/front-page-news/33455.html
 
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Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases

Dengue reaps its grim toll again
By Carol Aloysius
The threat of another outbreak of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) which had temporarily subsided has re-surfaced.
Data from the Government Epidemiology Unit (EPU) up to January 28 has revealed that the cumulative number of DF/DHF cases for January alone was 559 cases, while the cumulative number of deaths from the twin diseases was eight.

...

http://www.nation.lk/2011/01/30/news21.htm
 
Sri Lanka: 2011 Dengue cases

Sri Lanka: 2011 Dengue cases

Source: http://www.nation.lk/2011/02/06/news1.htm

Worst dengue epidemic feared
By Carol Aloysius

As the country continues to be battered by inclement weather, dengue cases and resulting deaths are soaring to epidemic proportions already.
Health sources are warning that this year?s epidemic may be more severe than the previous epidemic in 2009/10, when the total number of cases stood at 34,105 with 246 deaths by end December 2010.

From 790 cumulative cases recorded up to February 2, 2011, the numbers jumped by 41 in one day to reach 831 on February 3, according to data from the Epidemiology Unit. Equally frightening is the number of deaths which now stands at 11 so far this year from just eight deaths last month. The number of deaths for the entire month of February 2010 was 14...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 11 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 11 fatalities

Dengue rises again in Dehiwela ?Mt. Lavinia Saturday, 12 February 2011 03:06
By Ananda Weerasuriya

More than 100 positive cases of Dengue had been reported between January 1 and February 10 in the Dehiwela ? Mt. Lavinia Municipal area out of which there had been three fatalities, said Municipal Medical Officer of Health ? Dr. Mohamed Hamsa.

The deaths were reported from Bhathiya Mawatha where two boys aged 4 and 7 were reported to have succumbed to the fatal disease, while a security officer attached to a private security firm located at Dehiwela Junction had also died of the disease.
...

http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/35559.html
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 14 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 14 fatalities

Source: http://www.nation.lk/2011/02/13/news2.htm

Dengue rages; leaps by 37 cases within one day
By Carol Aloysius

The number of dengue cases took an unprecedented jump this week, rising by 37 cases in one day on Friday.

The cumulative number of cases according to Epidemiology Unit data, which was 1,068 on February 10, jumped to 1,105 on February 11. The disease in its most virulent form ? Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) ? can lead to death and has already killed 13 victims with most of them in the Colombo District.

The sharp rise in the number of cases has been mainly in Colombo, which at the end of January recorded 305 cases with 78 new cases by February 10, bringing the total to 383. Gampaha came second with 109 cumulative cases in January and totalling 134 cases by February 11...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 18 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 18 fatalities

Source: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/sri-lanka-using-fines-to-beat-dengue-amid-rising-climate-risk

Sri Lanka using fines to beat dengue amid rising climate risk
02 Mar 2011 11:42
Source: alertnet // Amantha Perera

COLOMBO (AlertNet) - Dengue fever, a potentially fatal disease that has infected more than 70,000 people and killed over 500 in Sri Lanka since January 2009, has shown the first signs of abating in two years as the government steps up a campaign that includes fines against people and businesses that fail to remove mosquito breeding areas.

The fall in cases comes despite extensive flooding this year, which can encourage dengue-carrying mosquitoes to breed in standing water...
 
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Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 18 fatalities

Source: http://www.groundreport.com/World/60-Dengue-Patients-Were-Reported-From-Colombo-City/2935994


60 Dengue Patients Were Reported From Colombo City During March
by Emanthi Marambe March 08, 2011


Around 60 Dengue Patients and 02 Dengue Deaths had been reported from the Colombo City during the first 08 days of this Month(March) the Chief Medical Officer in Colombo Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam has said today...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 19 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 19 fatalities

Source: http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/provincial-news/37738.html


Dengue invades Kalpitiya again
Thursday, 10 March 2011 00:00
By Pathma Kumari Kankanamge

Health authorities in the Kalpitiya area are alarmed that dengue fever is spreading. The Medical Officer of Health, Dr M B A Thuwan said 77 positive cases of dengue fever and one death due to dengue were reported for the first three months of the year. He said 45 patients including 12 naval ratings of the Kalpitiya Vijeya Naval Base were reported as dengue victims for January and 29 patients including two more naval ratings in February. He said three patients were reported for the first week of March. The MOH said Mandathudava, Vannimundalama, Anawasala, Pudukudiruppu, Ekkalam, Kandakudiya and Kudawa Grama Niladhari Divisions have been identified as areas affected but added that a crash programme was underway to control the spread of the disease...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 24 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 24 fatalities

Source: http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/38248.html


Increase in Dengue deaths, mostly from Colombo
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:25

By Sajeewa Wijeweera

Statistically 24 deaths caused by Dengue fever had been reported for the past two months this year. Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health said the most number of deaths were from the Colombo District.

They said there were 767 positive cases of Dengue fever and 10 deaths. Four deaths were reported from the Puttalam district and two deaths each from Jaffna and Ratnapura districts. One death each was reported from Gampaha, Kandy, Matara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Anuradhapura districts.

In January this year 905 Dengue positive cases were reported island-wide and in February 1031cases. The number of Dengue patients reported from February 25 to March 4 was 223 and the number of deaths five.

However, a senior official of the Epidemiology Unit said he was hopeful that the number of patients would decline in the months to come...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 24 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 24 fatalities

Source: http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/38568.html


Decline in dengue deaths attributed to speedy govt. action
Friday, 18 March 2011 02:16

COLOMBO, 17 March 2011 (IRIN) - For the first time in two years, reports of dengue fatalities and infections in Sri Lanka are falling, which officials attribute to aggressive island-wide public awareness campaigns and measures to wipe out mosquito breeding grounds.

As of March 10, 2011, there had been 2,261 dengue infections and 24 deaths reported, according to the Health Ministry?s epidemiology unit. These figures were down significantly from last year when there had been more than 9,600 infections and 64 deaths in the first two months of the year alone. This was the first time since early 2009 that there has been such a substantial drop, noted Pabha Palihawadena, director of the Health Ministry?s epidemiology unit. ?There is a very definite slowdown in the spread of the disease,? he said.

Faced with mounting fatality figures in 2010 the Sri Lankan government set up an inter-ministerial task force to fight dengue last May that included three ministries as well as defence and regional public officials. The military, police and civil defence forces cleaned public areas suspected of being mosquito breeding grounds while dumping rubbish at unauthorized locations became a criminal offence. Violators were arrested and fined as much as US$50 and public health inspectors visited homes and offices in search of potential breeding places. Owners of buildings and homes found to be ?repeat violators? faced fines of up to $150. ?It was punitive action that really put an end to human induced breeding areas,? said the Health Ministry?s chief epidemiologist, Sudath Peiris.

Dengue infections are highest in urban areas due to man-made breeding spots, he explained...
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 27 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011 Dengue cases, 27 fatalities

Source: http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/38928.html


Dengue claims student?s life
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 01:02

By Ananda Weerasooriya

A 10-year-old student of the Dehiwala Mount Lavinia area has died on Saturday of Dengue. The deceased was Sandalee, a student of Anula Vidyalaya and a resident of Kawdana in Dehiwala...

...People of the area expressing their views said Dengue was fast spreading in Kawdana. However, the Municipality was not taking effective measures to control the decease.

Three students and an elderly person had already died of Dengue while several children have been admitted to the Kalubowila Hospital.
 
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