Decisive moves to curb dengue

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The Presidential Task Force set up to control dengue in Sri Lanka had taken vital decisions during its first progress review meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday. Implementing the Prevention of Mosquito Breeding Act as strictly as possibly is one of the key decisions taken by the task force, Health Ministry spokesman said.

According to the spokesman the meeting was headed by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena. Minister Sirisena had pointed out that certain parts of the Act is not strict enough to control dengue.

He pointed out that it takes about one month to punish a person who keeps mosquito breeding sites within his property but it takes only one week to breed dengue mosquito in that mosquito breeding site.