Team to be dispatched to test dengue cases

Following unsubstantiated reports by hospitals in Nepalgunj about dengue patients, the government is preparing to dispatch a team of experts.

The Department of Health Services is dispatching a team led by Dr. Garib Das Thakur, a senior official at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Divistion to Nepalgunj on Thursday to test the suspected patients.

The team will take a special medical test kit to verify the disease. It will also train the medical staffs there about the process of identifying the disease.

The outbreak of dengue – a mosquito-borne disease – has affected different cities of India including its capital New Delhi. Although Nepal has not reported dengue disease yet, the border towns are said to be highly susceptible to it. nepalnews.com sd Oct 12 06

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