KMC urges people to take precaution against dengue infection

Kathmandu Oct 1: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has urged all KMC residents to stay alert as the transmission of dengue fever through mosquito bites continues. 

KMC has stated that efforts are ongoing to locate mosquito breeding sites and destroy larva, as dengue transmission persists, according to Rishi Prasad Bhusal, the focal person of the Metropolitan City's Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Programme.

He said that health workers and female health volunteers, along with local residents, are participating in mosquito and larva destruction activities conducted in all wards and at the community level under the Metropolitan City.

According to him, based on the analysis of past years' infections, considering the fluctuating rate of dengue transmission, maximum efforts are being made to reduce and control the mortality rate among city residents.

The first case of this infection in KMC was reported in 2075 BS in a woman in the Chamati area. Generally, the transmission rate of this disease, which is seen during the rainy season, tends to be higher in the months of Bhadra, Ashoj, and Kartik (roughly August to November), KMC has noted.

The Aedes species mosquito, which spreads dengue infection, thrives in clean stagnant water. The problem of dengue in Nepal began in 2061 BS. Within KMC, in 2022, 2,973 people were reported to have dengue infection. Similarly, in 2023, 643 people; in 2024, 2,084 people; and from this year's Poush (December) until now, 248 people have been reported to have dengue infection, according to the Metropolitan City. (RSS)