Nutritious food for Jaffna's chickengunya victims

COLOMBO: Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda has taken necessary steps to provide 'Chickengunya' affected children below 5 years and elders above 65 years with nutritious food.

Recovery of the victims of 'Chickengunya' in Jaffna peninsula, has been found to be extremely slow due to intake of food low in nutritional value.

This has caused immune-deficiency in the patients. Hence the Minister has decided to get down nutritious food and distribute it among the needy. People could obtain these food items from co-operative stores, submitting medical certificates, Ministry sources raid.