Risk of a dengue epidemic with onset of monsoon – Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama

Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama says that there is a risk of a dengue epidemic with the onset of the monsoon and dengue control needs to receive more attention from all sectors.

He emphasized that everyone’s assistance is important for this because neither the Government nor the Health Authorities can control the dengue virus on their own.

There has been a clear increase in the number of dengue cases this year, according to Dr.Wijewickrama, over 47,000 cases have been reported since January while the majority of the patients recorded thus far are from the Colombo and Gampaha districts.