Dengue kills five in Beruwala

Five dengue deaths were reported in the Beruwala MOH area. A nurse was among the dead.

This was revealed at the Kalutara District Disaster Management Committee Meeting presided over by the Kalutara district Secretary U.D.C. Jayalal and several PHIs at the Kalutara District Secretary's office yesterday.

Nearly 2,000 dengue patients were identified in the Kalutara district during the first four months of this year.

Dengue has spread at an epidemic level in the Kalutara district, the PHIs said.