Dengue epidemic in Colombo

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By Yohan Perera

The Colombo City is facing the worst dengue epidemic ever Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said yesterday revealing that there had been 195 cases reported this month. CMC which dropped a bomb shell, said in and round the National Hospital Colombo, Military Hospital and vicinity of the Colombo Port had been identified as the major mosquito breeding grounds in the city.

There had been 885 reported dengue cases in the city this year out of which 50 percent is reported to be school children.

Chief Medical Officer CMC Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam told a news conference yesterday that few doctors attached to the National Hospital Colombo had fell victim to Dengue while the nurses quarters is also found to be a breeding ground. In addition, several Chinese nationals who were working at development projects in Colombo were also infected.

He also warned that new complication of dengue DEN 3 had also raised its head in the city.

Dr. Kariyawasam claimed that the school principals have turned a deaf ear to the repeated requests made by the CMC to keep the schools clean while lack of public support as a whole had been one of the reasons for the epidemic.

He said all school principals in the city had been called for a meeting by the Special Commissioner, CMC, Omar Kamil on Thursday to brief them on the situation.
However, he said the Colombo City only accounts to 7 percent of the country’s total number of cases though there is a school of thought that most reported cases are from the capital city. He said the disease had come from elsewhere though there is an idea that the germs had existed within the city itself.

He said the CMC had conducted dengue prevention campaigns but lack of public support, legal impediments have not brought much results.

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Comments - 7

Captain Haddock Wednesday, 25 May 2011 01:14 AM

How on earth one can prevent the spread of Dengue when the politico’s in Govt. and CMC siphoning the funds allocated for this cause.

Paul Wednesday, 25 May 2011 01:58 AM

This is Terrible, I Hope the authorities will look into the matter as soon as possible.

tma Wednesday, 25 May 2011 04:10 AM

Some people are not civic minded, hence indifference to pollution of canals by waste being dumped causing breeding of mosquitoes .

Bird Eye Wednesday, 25 May 2011 04:26 AM

How ignorant, what happened to the new legislations to curb the epidemic?

lankaputha Wednesday, 25 May 2011 06:13 AM

Who is going to play the "Tie me please to a tree" role this time

shabir Wednesday, 25 May 2011 08:30 AM

Every year the same story. CMC make campaign only when the problem comes. Auto Rickshaw drivers run the city and what do you expect?

Shivanka David Wednesday, 25 May 2011 08:53 AM

The Government is always taking steps to prevent dengue. i guess this dengue menace will never stop due to the negligence of the Opposed Authorities!!

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