Legal action has been taken on 778 dengue breeding site owners in the Western Province and seven other high risk districts, the Ministry of Health said.
According to the Ministry, during the three day programme, which ended on Saturday, officials identified a number of mosquito breeding grounds in homes and other institutions. Notices were issued on owners of 5,656 premises. A total of 121,481 premises were inspected during the programme while 7,353 dengue cases and 10 deaths were reported this year.
The highest number of dengue patients was reported from the Western Province. Colombo district recorded 2,457 dengue patients.The programme was carried out in the Western Province and in the Kegalle, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Puttalam, Batticaloa, Kurunegala and Ampara districts
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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