Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday urged
the Cuban Ambassador Nirsia Castro Guevara to expedite the process of
registering the Bti bacteria with the Insecticide Registration Office.
The delay was on the Cuban side, spokesman for the Health Ministry said
yesterday.
The spokesman said that the Ministry planned to use the
bacteria to control dengue from next year. There have been reported
29,730 cases of dengue since mid January.
Meanwhile the spokesman said Minister de Siva had
requested the Public Health Department of the Health Ministry to
accelerate the procedure to acquire the bacteria to control field rats.
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