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Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 173 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 156 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 156 fatalities

Friday, 25 November 2011
Possible dengue outbreak identified

Nadira GUNATILLEKE
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The survey, conducted using international standards, found places with over 15.5 percent of dengue mosquito larvae density. The percentage should be less than two percent according to international standards.

The survey was conducted covering Piliyandala, Dehiwala, Nugegoda, Moratuwa, Kaduwela, Kelaniya, Ja-ela, Ragama, Wattala, Mirigama, Mahara and Maharagama areas. The surveyors inspected 2,215 places and found 1,249 places with mosquito breeding sites. The number of places with dengue mosquito larvae was 165, the spokesperson said.
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Full text:
http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/11/25/news40.asp
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 163 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 163 fatalities

Residents alerted on Dengue outbreak

Saturday, 26 November 2011 21:30

(Colombo Lankapuvath) Health authorities have alerted residents countrywide to keep the environs clean to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever at large scale with heavy rains being experienced.

They have urged the people to keep home gardens clean to prevent rain water being collected on waste material where dengue mosquitoes tend to breed.

Dengue fever has already claimed over 250 lives so far this year and over 5000 have been treated at hospitals...

http://lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general1/20213-residents-alerted-on-dengue-outbreak
 
Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 167 fatalities

Re: Sri Lanka 2011: Dengue, 167 fatalities

Dengue ?Red Alert? issued for 11 districts
The Health Ministry has issued a ?Red Alert? for dengue in eleven districts which includes Colombo.
According to the government, residents have been urged to keep their domestic environments clean.
The Health Ministry has emphasized that Colombo was the main district that was vulnerable to the spread and breeding of the dengue mosquito.

...

http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/12/05/dengue-‘red-alert’-issued-for-11-districts/
 
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