“Dengue Fever Outbreak Detected in Sri Lanka: Warning for Russian Tourists”

Russians have been warned that an outbreak of dengue fever has been detected at the popular resort. Flying on holiday to Sri Lanka in the near future can be dangerous.

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By mid-May, more than 33 thousand infected people had already been registered there, while in the first two weeks of May the number of patients increased by 4 thousand people. Since the beginning of the year, 20 people have died from dengue. In addition, rainy May promotes the reproduction of mosquitoes – carriers of this dangerous disease.

Local authorities ask tourists to be careful and, if possible, not to visit the epicenters of the outbreak – Gampaha district and the jurisdiction of the Colombo Municipal Council, reports “TurProm”.

Earlier it became known that another country increased flights to Russia.