{"id":566292,"date":"2026-08-12T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566292\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T02:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:00:24","slug":"sri-lanka-dengue-cases-top-90000-syphilis-cases-up-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566292\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: Dengue cases top 90,000, Syphilis cases up in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dengue fever<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the year, the Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) of the Ministry of Health reports 90,306 cases though August 10. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qiEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9928e293-528d-4ff9-a635-07bddc83581d_700x466.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow 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data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9928e293-528d-4ff9-a635-07bddc83581d_700x466.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:466,&quot;width&quot;:700,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:25934,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/i\/210811648?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9928e293-528d-4ff9-a635-07bddc83581d_700x466.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The districts of Gampaha and Colombo account for 40 percent of all cases with 19,204 and 17,955 cases, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>65 deaths have been reported, for a case fatality rate of .07%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/OutbreakNewsTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Outbreak News TV on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syphilis<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, 508 early syphilis cases were reported among men, and 175 cases among women, according to data from the National STD\/AIDS Control Programme.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!q9kh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2b05a69-0334-4f2f-95be-b935033bea6f_895x340.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/d2b05a69-0334-4f2f-95be-b935033bea6f_895x340.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:340,&quot;width&quot;:895,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:138239,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/i\/210811648?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2b05a69-0334-4f2f-95be-b935033bea6f_895x340.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This represents a sharp increase compared to 2019, when 89 cases were recorded among men and 31 among women.<\/p>\n<p>The figures show that 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