Arjun Bisunkhe from Chobhar has been undergoing treatment in the ICU of Shukraraj Tropical and Communicable Disease Hospital in Teku for 5 days due to dengue infection. Due to dengue, he has lack of platelets (blood cells) in his body. When the dengue infection occurred, winter had already started. I thought the cold would stop the mosquitoes. I was bitten by mosquitoes while walking outside the house and going to the park,” Bisunkhe said.

Like him, two others are in the ICU of Teku Hospital due to dengue infection. According to the hospital, 3-4 dengue infected people come to the emergency every day. Rajesh Bajracharya of Lalitpur Imadol was also bitten by mosquitoes while going to Karesabari in the evening. He is also undergoing treatment at Patan Hospital for a week.

Even after the onset of winter, dengue infections have not decreased. This year, as of Monday, the number of dengue infected people across the country has exceeded 34,000. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services, 34,900 people have been confirmed to be infected with dengue in 76 districts as of November 14. Thirteen people have died due to dengue infection this year. Last year, until the end of December 2080, dengue infection was confirmed in more than 52,000 people across the country and 20 people died. 

According to the data of EDCD, among the 5 main districts, the highest number of dengue infected people are 7,647 in Kaski, 5,868 in Kathmandu, 2,545 in Tanahun, 1,838 in Parbat and 1,360 in Baglung. People are infected. 

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun said that we should not be surprised if dengue spread by the end of June. "Two years ago, dengue was found infected only twelve months ago," he said, "climate change is the main reason for the spread of dengue even in winter." "People have to die prematurely due to general negligence," he said.

For dengue control, an expert says that a campaign should be carried out to 'find and destroy mosquito larvae'. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Prakash Budhathoki, says that even though winter has started, the campaign should be carried out in cooperation with the local level and Toll Development Committee. The Ministry of Health has allocated 80 million rupees to the local level and 20 million rupees to the state government to control dengue in the current financial year. 

Dengue focal person of EDCD, Gorkan Dahal, said that he has been requesting the relevant local level from time to time to search and destroy mosquitoes. Raju Maharjan, spokesperson of Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality, said that the metropolis has been conducting miking and mosquito extermination campaign from time to time to control dengue. "The work of repairing potholes in the road has also been done," he said. 

Dengue is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. According to doctors, such mosquitoes are more active especially in the morning and evening before sunset and the infection is more spread at that time. The main symptoms of dengue are high fever, headache, pain in the eyeball, severe pain in the jaw.