In Nepal, 4 people have died due to dengue infection in one day. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 4 people died of dengue infection on Tuesday. With this, the number of deaths from dengue has reached 36 since July.
According to the latest data from the Ministry, 27,569 people have been infected with dengue since July.
At present, all the districts except Mustang are affected by dengue infection. According to the data of the ministry, the highest number of dengue cases have been confirmed in Bagmati province with 21 thousand 589 people, Lumbini province with 3 thousand 50 people and Sudurpaschim province with 821 people. Similarly, 653 people have been infected in Gandaki, 405 in Madhesh province and 236 in Karnali province.
According to the ministry, dengue patients were first seen in Nepal in 2004. Every year after 2004 dengue infection has been seen
Dr. Baburam Marasini, the former director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division of the Department of Health Services, said that dengue is not a priority of the government. He said, ‘Let’s not think that dengue will go away when winter comes, and that the head will be shaken. ‘
Dr. Marasini said that there should be a ‘long term program’ for dengue prevention. He said, ‘Mosquitoes do not bloom in running water. Blooms in frozen water. Mosquitoes are very clever creatures. He said that in this situation, the first agenda of the Ministry of Health should be dengue control, but he is worried that this is not the case
Dr. Marasini said, “The government has to actively engage in dengue prevention, and only its employees are instructed to wear clothes with full sleeves. The government should take dengue seriously. The only way to prevent dengue is mosquito control and larvae destruction. ‘
Dr. Garivadas Thakur, former Director of Health Services Department, EDCD, said that the government should be sensitive in dengue control. He said that despite the increase in the number of dengue infected, the ministry is not keen to make a concrete plan. Director General of Health Services Department Dr. Dipendraraman Singh.
He said, “Dengue and other bacterial diseases have increased due to climate change, unorganized urbanization, population growth and failure to properly manage plastic and other wastes.” Water should not be allowed to freeze at any place for dengue control.
He said that the number of dengue patients in health institutions is increasing.
Dengue was first seen in Nepal in 2061. Dengue virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. This mosquito bites only in the afternoon. After the onset of rain, this mosquito is very active
Doctors say that the symptoms of this disease appear within a week after being bitten by a mosquito. Dengue can be divided into three parts namely dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue sick syndrome.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is more severe. A person with dengue sick syndrome has symptoms of hemorrhagic fever and fainting. Mosquitoes that spread dengue have their own characteristics. Lives in clear and still water. Although other mosquitoes live in garbage, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are collected on vehicle wheels, pots, air conditioners, coolers.Symptoms appear 4 to 10 days after dengue infection. Its main symptoms are high fever, sore eyes, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea or loose stools, loss of appetite.