By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Oct. 16: Doctors have warned that the people should caution about dengue until the temperature goes down rapidly.
The dengue virus infected mosquitoes remain active until the post-monsoon period that may last to the month of November, said the doctors.
Dr. Basudev Pandey, Director of Sukra Raj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku, said that 100 to 200 dengue patients have been visiting the hospital on a daily basis in the recent days.
The search and destroy drive, by overturning or covering all sorts of containers with stagnant water, is the only way of getting rid of mosquitoes larvae, said health experts.
A total of 7,982 cases of dengue fever have been reported as of 18 Sep 2019.
The dengue cases have not still gone down.
According to Dr. Prem Krishna Khadka, executive director at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj, the number of dengue patients has neither increased nor has it decreased in the past few days as compared to the last month.
The hospital has witnessed the dengue suspected patients visiting the hospital on daily basis, said Dr. Khadka.
According to the doctors, there is no antiviral treatment. Only supporting cares such as taking rest and plenty of fluids can be provided to the dengue patients.

Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC) had directed the health officials to incorporate all sectors, including schools/communities, wards and tole, for the mosquito larvae search and destroy campaign.
According to HEOC, the community needs to be more sensitised in the search and destroy operation. Every household needs to come up for operation as there are still abundant tires, and water accumulated around the city, health experts said.
According to World Health Organisation (WHO), dengue is one of the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne diseases. Worldwide, the incidence of dengue has increased 30 folds over the past 50 years. Dengue is a major public health concern as it can develop into a potentially fatal form called “severe dengue”.
As per WHO, an estimated 2.5 billion people at risk for dengue globally, about 70 per cent of them live in Asia Pacific countries. The risk factors for increased mosquito breeding causing dengue includes, climate conditions, unclean environments, unplanned urban settlements and rapid urbanisation, especially in the urban and semi-urban areas.