Colombo: Two Cuban
epidemiologists have arrived here to help Sri Lanka fight a
dengue fever outbreak, using a bio-insecticide program
developed in Cuba.
Cuban experts will present Sri Lanka Health Ministry a
detailed report for the use of the Bacillus Thuringensis
Israelensis (BTI), a bacterium that kills the larvae of the
mosquito transmitting the dengue disease, ColomboPage
reported.
Sri Lanka Public Health Director Palitha Maheepala
said the government will implement the Cuban bio-insecticide
program once they review the document presented by the two
Cuban experts.
The Cuban experts have toured this country in an
attempt to gather information for the report, and they have
finally finished their research.
Sri Lanka Health Ministry has reported the death of
232 people in Sri Lanka during 2009, and the infection of
other 22, 849 because of dengue.
Bureau Report
