An infant and undergraduate succumb to dengue in Jaffna

An eleven-month-old infant and an undergraduate of the Jaffna University have died of dengue while undergoing treatment at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital during the past 72 hours.

The infant from Thanvadi in Jaffna died and the student of the Jaffna University died two days ago.

During a meeting of health authorities in the district with Northern Province Governor P.S.M. Charles held at the Jaffna Secretariat yesterday, it was revealed that more than 2,200 Dengue-positive patients had been reported from the Northern Province, and five of them had died.