147 dengue and 76 scrub typhus patients in Makwanpur

Laxman Ghimire, Information Officer of District Health Office Makwanpur, said that 108 dengue cases including 46 men and 62 women have been found in Hetaunda sub-metropolitan city since July. Similarly, 16 dengue patients were found in Manhari, 8 in Makwanpurgarhi, 6 in Bakia, 3 in Bhimfedi, 1 in Vagmati and 1 in Kailash, according to the health office. 3 people from other districts are infected.

The data of the health office has shown that the number of dengue patients caused by mosquito bites is increasing daily in the district. In Indrasarovar, Raksirang rural municipality and Thaha municipality of the district, the number of dengue infected has been zero since July. Last year, dengue was confirmed in 891 people in the district. Last year a man died of dengue.

Likewise, the number of patients with scrub typhus, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an insect (mite) that looks like a worm that infects rats, is also increasing here. From July 1 to August 11, 76 people, 24 males and 52 females, were found infected with scrub typhus in the district, said the Information Officer of the Health Office, Ghimire. In the last 24 hours, 6 more people have been infected with scrub typhus. This disease is more common in women than in men.

Since July till Tuesday, this disease has appeared in 41 people including 27 women and 14 men in Hetaunda sub-metropolis. Similarly, 9 people in Makwanpur Gadhi, 8 in Manhari, 5 in Bhimfedi, and 8 in Baaiya have reported this disease, said Information Officer Ghimire. Information officer Ghimire said that women are in direct contact with livestock and are more at risk as they graze and graze in wet places.