Legal action taken against 981 mosquito breeding places

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Colombo, June 03 (Daily Mirror) - Legal action will be taken against 981 establishments where mosquito breeding places were detected during the National Mosquito Control Week held from May 26 to June 01, Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said.

According to the statistics, during the past seven days, 93,874 premises had been inspected by special teams and had found 4,890 places which had mosquito larvae.

Furthermore, 25,372 houses were identified as possible mosquito breeding sites.

Accordingly, legal action will be taken against the owners of 981 premises. Notices had been issued for 3,121 premises.

According to the Epidemiology Unit, 25,095 dengue cases have been reported from all over the island as of June 03.

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Jegan Monday, 03 June 2024 02:36 PM

They only issue notices to private houses. There are so many govt

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Joseph Monday, 03 June 2024 07:08 PM

There are so many puddles on Wattala- Hekitta road, water is stagnant in the roadside drain lines, Garbage is lying on the middle of road (ASP Liyanage mawatha), There is a stream in 1st lane, Governers park which is full of garbage and water is stagnant as a result of not dredging it for years which have become breeding grounds for mosquitos, files, cockroaches and posing a potential health hazards to the residents.

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Sambo Monday, 03 June 2024 08:24 PM

This is a seasonal happening. people in this country can never be educated on dengue. How can you develop a country with this type of idiots.

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More Enforcement Needed with Heavier Penalties Monday, 03 June 2024 09:30 PM

More should be done. Give incentives to people who report areas infested by mosquitoes. Hire more people to eradicate this problem and fine those heavily for breeding mosquitoes. 2nd time offenders should be fine and jailed for a few weeks. Those jailed can assist the health officers to educate the public the seriousness of this disease and also an eye opener to the public the authorities means business. Need to educate the public with severe sentences that this is serious stuff as it will harm the people.

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Norman Fernando Tuesday, 04 June 2024 07:46 AM

Those coming to inspect premises should be asked to detect larva only in the presence of an inmate of the house. Detections done otherwise shouldn't count. This has already become big business.

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kumar Tuesday, 04 June 2024 08:38 AM

How can we control dengue when the negligence by Govt. is responsible for the major breeding. the actions are breeding grounds for corruption. Since Dengue can only be spread by infected mosquitoes isolating infection is the practical solution as there was a drastic reduction during covid. Pls use data as to infected person in identifying infection as was done during the successful elimination of malaria. This is what is called by the jargon Artificial Intelligence,. All thre so called campaigns had been ineffective while only making noises, Since dengue mosquito has a low flying span it is upto the individuals to keep their surroundings clean the govt should only assist and not police but concentrate on public places within their purview which are the major breeding sites and infected persons gather infecting the mosquitoes.

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Dee Tuesday, 04 June 2024 11:11 PM

Trying to stop dengue by keeping gardens clean is like trying to get rid of ants by regular sweeping or cleaning table tops. They will breed where you won’t think and come attack you when the time is right. Do what all other countries do- or live with it!

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