The government has announced the implementation of a comprehensive program in the Western Province aimed at conducting regular inspections of institutions and premises to combat the spread of dengue fever.
Recommended by the Western Provincial Sub-Committee of the Experts Committee on Dengue Control, appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, this initiative seeks to mitigate the transmission of dengue. The President’s Media Division (PMD) reported that specific inspection days have been assigned for different types of establishments.
Private schools, government schools, pre-schools, private educational institutions, and higher educational institutions such as universities and Piriven will undergo inspections every Monday. Construction sites will be examined on Wednesdays, factories on Tuesdays, other private institutions on Thursdays, and other government institutions on Fridays. Additionally, inspections of houses, gardens, and religious shrines will take place on weekends, with houses and gardens being examined on Saturdays and religious shrines on Sundays.
The PMD emphasized that institutions requiring inspections on different days should inform the office of the responsible Medical Officer of Health (MOH) to make necessary arrangements.
To ensure the effectiveness of these inspections, designated volunteer teams from respective institutions are required to carry out the inspections on the assigned days. These teams should submit monthly reports to the relevant Medical Officer of Health, enabling proper monitoring and evaluation.
In parallel, preschool children and schoolchildren have been advised to wear protective clothing as a precautionary measure to minimize the risk of mosquito bites until the daily reported cases of dengue are significantly reduced. This preventive action aims to alleviate the additional expenses associated with dengue-related health issues.
