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Dengue patients exceed 6 thousand, infection to 680 people in the valley
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The number of dengue patients across the country has reached more than six thousand. According to Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control Division, dengue infection has been observed in all districts except Humla and Mustang.
According to Dr. Gokarna Prasad Dahal, Head of the Division's Entomological Disease Branch, 6,347 people have been infected with dengue. Three such people have died due to dengue infection.
'Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus' species of mosquitoes bloom in the clean place where the water freezes and the larvae come out and when the larvae become adults, if they bite a person, they get dengue disease.
Most in Gandaki province
Dengue has been seen most in Gandaki province. According to the division, two thousand nine hundred and fifty four have been seen in Gandaki province. 791 people in Koshi province, 100 people in Madhes, 1623 people in Bagmati, 444 people in Lumbini, 93 people in Karnali and 342 people in Sudurpaschim province.
in the valley six hundred and eighty
Dengue infection has been seen in 680 people in Kathmandu Valley. Dengue infection has been seen in 511, Bhaktapur 69 and Lalitpur 100 people in the district.
During the rainy season, water is collected and mosquitoes stay in the collected water and the same mosquitoes bite, so dengue infection has increased.
The Ministry of Health and Population has requested to carry out a 'Find and Destroy Mosquitoes' campaign in addition to cleaning government and non-government offices and hospital premises every Friday after the increase in dengue infections. The government has decided to bear the cost of treating dengue patients in government hospitals.
Cholera in 75 people
Similarly, according to the department, cholera patients have reached 75. According to Dr. Dahal, head of the Division's Insect Disease Branch, cholera has been confirmed in 50 Kathmandu, 10 people in Lalitpur, eight in Kailali, two in Pyuthan, one in Makwanpur and four in Rolpa.
Cholera is a highly contagious and fast-spreading diarrhea, so the main symptoms of cholera are nausea and vomiting, severe dehydration.
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