More than 6,0000 dengue cases recorded in 75 districts

Kathmandu, Oct. 27: Nepal has recorded more than 6,000 dengue cases from 75 districts of the country as of Monday.

According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 6,668 dengue cases have been confirmed.

Dr Gokarna Prasad Dahal, Head of the EDCD's Vector-borne Disease Control Section, said that five have succumbed to dengue.  No cases have been witnessed so far in Dolpa and Manang. 

The highest cases have been observed at Bagmati Province, standing at 1,649, followed by Gandaki Province (1,631), Lumbini Province (1,117), Koshi Province (896), Sudur Paschim Province (762), Karnali (447) and Madhesh Province (139). 

Experts said that Dengue is also called ‘break-bone fever’ and the patients show the symptoms three to seven days after the bites of mosquitoes-- Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. 

High fever, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and body pain are major symptoms of dengue.