COLOMBO, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 58,000 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka, with 38 deaths, this year, according to the health ministry’s national dengue control unit.
The unit said today that, nearly 50 percent of cases had been reported from the country’s western province. The unit has identified 47 high risk areas in the country.
The country registered over 76,000 dengue cases last year, according to official data.– NNN-XINHUA
