Scrub typhus patients reach 70 in Makawanpur

BAGMATI: Scrub typhus patients have increased in Makwanpur district of late.

With the beginning of August, the patients of scrub typhus, which appears intermittently in Makawanpur, have started to appear in large numbers recently.

Krishna Bahadur Mijar, Head of the District Public Health Office, informed that the number of scrub typhus patients in Makawanpur has reached 70 since this last July.

Like dengue infection, most scrub typhus patients have been found in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City. Mijar said that 39 scrub typhus patients were found in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City.

Similarly, nine scrub typhus cases were found in Makawanpurgadhi, six in Manhari Rural Municipality, seven in Bakaiya Rural Municipality, four in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality, one each in Bagmati Rural Municipality, Kailash Rural Municipality and Raksirang Rural Municipality.

Chief Mijar urged people to take precaution as scrub typhus can be caused by the bite of a mouse mite.

Likewise, the number of dengue infected people is increasing in Makawanpur in the last one month.

Since Mid-July, 143 dengue infected people have been found in Makawanpur district.