Sri Lanka, July 3 -- Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday criticised the Government's handling of the dengue epidemic, condemning the national strategy as weak, ineffective, and reactionary.

Sri Lanka has recorded an alarming surge in infections, with cases surpassing 55,000 and 32 deaths. This problem is serious in 538 Grama Sevaka divisions in 14 districts,

He said that the administration has failed to control the spread, acting only after the situation reached crisis levels.

The Health Entomology Officers' Association has raised alarms over a sharp spike in the Breteau Index,as a key measure of dengue mosquito larvae density which has surged well above the World Health Organisation's safe threshold of 3. Despite early warnin...