So far in the current fiscal year, 1,018 people in the province have been affected by dengue.
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The risk of dengue infection in the Far Western Province remains challenging. According to data from the Health Directorate, Dipayal, the number of dengue infected people across the province in the past three fiscal years has been 7,683.
According to Hemraj Joshi, the insect disease officer of the Health Directorate, 3,349 people were confirmed to have dengue infection in the Far West in the fiscal year 2080/81. He said that although this number decreased slightly in the fiscal year 2081/82, the risk remains. That year, 3,316 people were infected.
So far in the current fiscal year, 1,018 people have been affected by dengue in the province. Officer Joshi said, 'Although the dengue graph has decreased slightly compared to the previous year, the risk of infection has not been eliminated. Its impact is especially greater in the Terai districts.'
According to the directorate, Kailali and Kanchanpur are the districts most affected by dengue in the province. Officer Joshi said that due to increasing urbanization in recent times, dengue patients have started to be found even in the hilly districts. According to him, the provincial government and local levels have been continuing the 'Search and Destroy Larva' campaign to control dengue.
Meanwhile, health workers say that the infection has not been completely controlled due to the lack of citizen-level efforts to prevent water from stagnating around homes and to adopt personal precautions. Officer Joshi said that awareness is the main measure to control this disease, which is transmitted through the bite of the 'Aedes aegypti' mosquito. The directorate has urged people to immediately get tested at the nearest health facility if they experience symptoms such as fever, joint pain, and headache.
