Baglung. Scrub typhus has also spread in Baglung, which is at high risk of dengue in Nepal.
Dengue infection in Baglung has infected every household in Baglung Bazaar, while scrub typhus patients have increased in the village. Dengue has spread rapidly in the district headquarters Baglung Bazaar. Dengue has spread among 1,403 people in Baglung since July alone. This figure is the highest in the country, according to the Provincial Public Health Office.
The infection has been confirmed in 1,224 people at Dhaulagiri Hospital in Baglung district headquarters alone. High alert has been maintained in the district headquarters after dengue infection spread from house to house. The infection has been found increasing despite the daily campaign to search and destroy the mosquitoes that spread dengue.
The infection of scrub typhus that was seen in five people last year has been confirmed in 282 people in Baglung since July this year. Dengue is centered in Baglung market while scrub typhus is centered in the village, the data shows. 50 percent of the scrub typhus cases are found in Galkot Municipality.
Praveen Sharma, chief of the Provincial Public Health Office, said that Baglung is the district with the highest spread of dengue in the country and Baglung Municipality is the rural municipality. He said Baglung is at high risk of scrub typhus including dengue.TAG_OPEN_div_16
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