EDCD said that it has deployed health experts from the center and regional office to control the outbreak. "Further action will be taken after the health experts submit their report," Dr GD Thakur, Director at EDCD, said. [break]
He said that the health expert will arrive to the capital by Wednesday evening and meeting will be held on Thursday to discuss about the situation. "We have already sent necessary equipment such as blood testing kits and other materials to the district. Additional budget will be released if needed," he added.
The office also informed that health workers have been trained and deployed and awareness campaign had also launched in the Tarai districts, which are prone to mosquitoes- borne diseases.
Dr Thakur claims that the office has been taking necessary precautionary measures to contain the outbreak. Aedes-Aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue virus, breed in clean water and bite people during day time. Stagnant water in barrels, drums, jars, pots, buckets, flower vases, tanks and bottles create an ideal environment for dengue mosquitoes to breed.
The office has requested people for not to store water for many days. Dengue fever is mild like other normal fevers but a secondary infection is extremely dangerous as it can lead to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). DHF starts with severe headache, muscle and joint pains, fever and rash.
The joint pains are so severe that the disease is nicknamed break-bone fever and it ultimately results in bleeding from joints all over the body.
The virus had claimed more than two dozen lives in various Tarai districts in 2010.
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