Sri Lanka Expands Anti Dengue Drive as Deaths Mount Sri Lanka is facing a severe health emergency due to dengue fever, a mosquito borne disease that has claimed 49 lives this year and infected over 61,000 people since January.
The country's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.
The government deployed the military in June to identify and destroy mosquito breeding sites, but with 15,000 new infections reported in July alone, it's clear that more needs to be done.