Sri Lanka is deploying the military to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, as health authorities warned on June 23 that hospitals are being overwhelmed with more than 1,000 admissions daily.

Sri Lanka recorded 1,069 dengue cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections reported this year to 47,179, while the death toll stands at 28

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is deploying the military to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, as health authorities warned on Tuesday that hospitals are being overwhelmed…