07/22/2010
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Hindustan Times
A worried Sri Lankan government has mobilised the army, navy and air force to assist civic authorities in curbing a wave of dengue fever spreading across the country, claiming at least 160 lives and infecting more than 21,600 people till now. The Colombo city – a city of less than a million people-- and its adjoining areas are worst-hit by the disease. Government hospitals are overflowing with dengue patients; children have been badly affected.
07/21/2010
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Minivan News
An Environmental Protection Unit has been established by the Sri Lankan police to assist in the country’s current dengue eradication campaign which is being conducted by the army and police.