KATHMANDU, AUGUST 17

The Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Health and Population has instructed the federal hospitals and the Institute of Health Sciences to conduct fever clinics, considering a surge in the number of daily dengue infections.

Director of the Division Dr Rudra Prasad Marasini said fever clinic should be conducted for fever screening based on the prevalence of dengue disease. So far, dengue infection has been detected in 14,357 people, with the infection spreading in 75 districts of the country. So far, 10 people have died due to the infection. The hospitals have also been directed to ensure correct diagnosis and treatment of dengue disease. 'Hospitals and medical institutions under the federal government have been instructed to work on dengue disease prevention, control and treatment according to the management guidelines,' he said.

The Division has said dengue infections are likely to increase in the months of August and September. The ministry has requested all to sleep under mosquito nets, wear long-sleeve clothes while spending time outdoors and put nets on the windows and doors of the house to prevent the mosquito menace.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 18, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.