INARUWA, August 2: All educational institutions operational in Dharan Sub-metropolis of Sunsari have been closed for carrying out an effective campaign against dengue outbreak. The municipal executive committee meeting held on Tuesday took the decision to engage collective efforts for prevention and control of the contagion.
Dharan Sub-metropolis Mayor Harka Raj Sampang said that the decision was made to run a dengue control campaign by pausing teaching and learning activities in schools.
The sub-metropolis has called on the teachers and students of the schools to get engaged in the dengue control campaign during holidays.
The meeting also urged the social organizations, locality development organizations and local communities besides teachers and students to engage in the campaign in their wards.
Chief Administrative Officer of Dharan sub-metropolis, Matrika Bhattarai said schools were shut down to effectively run a campaign of search and destroy mosquitoes and their larvae (Aedes aegypti).
Likewise, Dharan-15 Chairperson Naresh Kumar Iwaram said the decision to widely mobilize the general public was made with an understanding that the dengue outbreak would not be contained until and unless the larvae and eggs of dengue-transmitting mosquitoes are destroyed.
The dengue virus has taken the lives of eight people, including a girl child in Dharan since June first week.
Lately, it has been difficult for dengue-infected patients to get beds in health facilities, including private clinics and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences with the rise in cases.
Chief of the sub-metropolis’s health section, Umesh Mehata said that 2,495 out of 4,218 people had tested positive for dengue. The number is on the rise, he said.
RSS