28 cases of dengue reported in 15 days in Makawanpur

KATHMANDU: A total of 28 cases of dengue were reported in Makawanpur district in the past 15 days.

According to the District Health Office (DHO), Makawanpur, cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been on the rise in the district lately. So was Coronavirus infection.

Of the 10 local levels in the district, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City reported the highest number of infections, informed Laxman Ghimire, Information Officer at the DHO, Makawanpur.

The infected ones who were mostly from ward 4 and 5 in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City were under treatment, shared Ghimire, adding that statistics on the same were yet to be received from private hospitals.

Meanwhile, scrub typhus was reported in nine people in the past 15 days while Kala-azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) in a person during the same period. RSS