Sri Lankan universities close, shift to online classes amid dengue surge
Sri Lankan universities are shifting to online classes as the country faces a severe dengue fever outbreak. Authorities are using military-led teams and drone surveillance to manage the spread of the disease.
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Public health crises significantly disrupt education and require coordinated government intervention to mitigate impact.
Sri Lanka’s University of Colombo has decided to move some lectures online amid the persisting dengue surge on the island, authorities said. The decision comes after the University of Moratuwa and the University of the Visual and Performing Arts temporarily closed their campuses, as the country confronts one of its worst outbreaks of the vector-borne disease.
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