Mosquito Eradication Week begins today

Disna Mudalige

The National Mosquito Eradication Week organized by the Health Ministry will commence today, a Ministry spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. He said that the inaugural programme will take place at the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Stage, Nugegoda under the patronage of Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena.

The Health Minister is to participate in inspection tours at private and government schools and institutions in Nugegoda today.

The spokesman said that the support of triforces and police has been received for this programme. He said that the programme will cover all 305 MoH divisions islandwide. One division is divided into seven zones and each zone will be covered in seven days under the programme, he explained.

He requested the public to join the national programme by implementing mosquito eradication programmes in their home, school and office premises. He noted that 7,800 dengue cases have been reported in the island during the past six months with 66 deaths.