COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Dengue Control Unit said that 3,199 dengue patients have been reported during the past 25 days of April. The Director of the National Dengue Control Unit, Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said that 3,040 dengue patients were reported in March as well. He said that there ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The number of Dengue patients reported so far this year alone has risen to 9809. Community medicine specialist, Anoja Weerasinghe, at the National Dengue Control Unit, said that between 40 and 45 percent of waste materials contribute to the spread of dengue. She said constr...

COLOMBO (News 1st): More than 3900 Dengue patients have been reported in the country during the 1st two weeks of this year, the National Dengue Control Unit said on Saturday (Jan. 15). "There is a significant increase in the rate of Dengue infections, compared to the first 02-weeks of last year,"...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Dengue Control Unit says that the risk of Dengue has increased in about 15 districts so far. Accordingly, Director of the National Dengue Control Unit, Dr. Sudath Samarasinghe said that steps will be taken to appoint a special officer to remove mosquito breeding p...

COLOMBO (News 1st): There is a sharp increase in the rate of Dengue patients detected from 15 districts, with the majority of cases reported from the Western Province, the National Dengue Control Unit said. "During the course of this year, 33,269 Dengue patients have been reported in the country,...