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Dengue eradication from February 1 - 7

The School Principals’ Association in Kurunegala under the guidance of the Education Ministry has planned to launch a dengue eradication programme in all school and pre-school premises in Kurunegala from February 1 to 7.

This is in collaboration with parents and past pupils of schools. A senior school principal K. A. Jayalath said in January this year, about 2,500 dengue patients were detected by the Health Ministry countrywide and two have died.

About 46 PHIs in the North Western Province are supporting this project.

In 2018, about 51,000 dengue patients were detected countrywide and of them, about 56 died, according to Dr. P. Samaraweera at the National Dengue Control Unit of the Health Ministry.


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