Fears of a mounting dengue epidemic have prompted Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena to call an emergency meeting of a Presidential Task Force tomorrow to identify the immediate causes.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) charged yesterday that Friday’s attack on a party meeting in the Hambantota village of Hediwatte was a direct attempt by the Government to scare the party from engaging in political activity in the district.