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Sri Lanka dengue surge: 81k cases, US aid, local drive

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Sri Lanka dengue surge: 81k cases, US health partnership aid, local drive

Sri Lanka’s 2026 dengue outbreak has continued to deepen, deepened, with confirmed infections now reported at 81,511 and deaths remaining unchanged at 61. The more virulent DENV‑2 strain dominates transmission, and monsoon‑driven rains are sustaining continue to sustain mosquito breeding. A quarter of all cases occurred in July, and health officials warn that of a resurgence is possible resurgence when the rainy season returns in November. The government has intensified vector‑control measures. From 27 July to 31 July, July the National Dengue Control Unit, the Ministry of Health and the Clean Sri Lanka programme launched ran an island‑wide mosquito‑control campaign. Daily campaign, including daily fogging operations were carried out in targeted neighbourhoods, with a detailed schedule covering high‑risk districts such as Gampaha, which alone accounts for 21.7 Gampaha (21.7 % of infections. Officials inspected public institutions and urged residents to eliminate breeding sites, keep windows open and keep children away from fogged areas. infections). Armed‑forces drones continue to survey and ground teams surveyed rooftops, schools and construction sites, identifying targeting stagnant water for targeted with aerial insecticide spraying. Ground teams from the military spraying and police complement these efforts with household inspections and fumigation. inspections. In late July the U.S. Embassy inaugurated a Public Health Pest Control and Vector‑Borne Disease Response programme, funded through the Department of Defense’s DoD’s Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid program. Experts from U.S. Army Pacific and the 18th Theater Medical Command are providing technical assistance in preventive medicine, disease surveillance, entomology and integrated vector management to bolster Sri Lanka’s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to dengue. management. Hospitals have added beds and extended operating hours, yet wards remain crowded. With no No dengue vaccine is in use and health services are still recovering from Cyclone Ditwah, the country maintains Ditwah. On 25 July a heightened public‑health alert as it pursues special dengue‑eradication campaign was launched in the Eastern Province under the theme “Dengue‑free East – Towards a modernised, Safe Society”. The initiative, organized by the youth wing of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and inaugurated by former parliamentarian Hon. M.I.M. Mansoor and party leader MP Hon. Ravu Hakeem, seeks to eradicate dengue, improve public health and raise community awareness. Several MPs attended, signalling broad political support for the provincial drive. The multi‑layered response. response now combines national vector‑control operations, U.S. technical assistance and locally led eradication efforts as the country strives to curb the outbreak.

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  1. 2026-07-27 05:49 UTC Sri Lanka dengue surge: 81k cases, US aid, local drive
  2. 2026-07-27 05:11 UTC Sri Lanka dengue surge: 81k cases, US health partnership
  3. 2026-07-26 15:38 UTC Sri Lanka dengue surge: 81k cases, US health partnership

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