Dengue cases for 2024 surpass 24,000

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Colombo, May 24 (Daily Mirror) - The tally of dengue cases recorded for 2024 has topped the 24,000 mark, according to the Epidemiology Unit.

As of May 23, a total of 24,227 cases have been reported in 2024, with the highest number being from the Colombo district, which stood at 5,183.

The Western Province has recorded 8,711 cases, the highest province-wise while the month of May has also logged 1,954 Dengue cases.

As several parts in Sri Lanka have experienced significant rainfall for the past few days, health officials urge people to keep their surroundings clean and destroy mosquito breeding places in order to keep dengue at bay.

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Citizen Saturday, 25 May 2024 12:08 AM

Where is dengue control unit. They are just taking salaries from government and do nothing.

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Krish Saturday, 25 May 2024 05:56 PM

No they are doing there bit. I know because I got it recently as well. Basically we have to keep our surroundings clean ourselves. No one can govern it. There are too many people littering. How can a one institute can stop that. Can PHI go to each house everyday and check? Can police catch everyone who is littering? No. It is up to ourselves. By the way when a mosquito with dengue lay eggs, all the new Born mosquitos from those eggs will have dengue too. And eggs can last months without water. Only around table spoon for water is enough for dengue mosquitos to reproduce

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