(1) It shall be the duty of the Municipality to take such measures as are necessary for preventing, or checking the spread of, any danger, or of any epidemic, or those caused by any animals therein in the Municipal area.
(2) The Municipality shall exercise its powers for prevention of infectious diseases in its jurisdiction in the manner prescribed by the Government.
154. The Municipality may take up public health surveillance programs or undertake epidemiological investigations or surveys of the people in the Municipal area in coordination with the Medical and Health Department as prescribed by the Government to determine the existence, prevalence or Prevention of infectious diseases.
Public health surveillance programmes.
116 [Act No. 11 of 2019] Steps to be taken on out-break of infectious diseases.
Principles to control of infectious diseases.
Eradication of Mosquitoes and prevention of their breeding.
incidence, or to determine the likelihood of a possible outbreak of,-
(a) any infectious disease; or
(b) any other disease, declared by the Government.