Sri Lanka, June 30 -- Legal action has been taken against 143 individuals on the opening day of the National Mosquito Control Week, the National Dengue Control Unit has said.

The National Mosquito Control Week commenced today. Accordingly, programs and inspections will be carried out across ten districts. During the first three days, inspections are being carried out in eight of those districts.

Military personnel, police officers, civil security personnel and public health inspectors are all part of the initiative launched by the Ministry of Health.

A total of 22,318 locations were inspected today, and 4,481 of them were identified as dengue mosquito breeding grounds, Media Spokesperson of the National Dengue Control Unit of the Minis...