Sri Lanka, May 27 -- The Chikungunya outbreak in the country has not been declared as an epidemic situation by the Health Ministry, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today.

He told the weekly news briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that the Epidomelogy Unit of the Health Ministry will make a statment on the status of the Chikungunya outbreak based on data in the coming days.

Responding to a question, the Minister said there is an increase in the number of Chikungunya cases.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....