KMC (Kathmandu Metropolitan City) has started the "search and destroy" campaign to eliminate mosquito and their larvae that transmit the diseases.
Door-to-door awareness campaigns have been conducted as part of the effort, asking residents to fill pools, clean their homes surrounds, cover any open windows and flower vases, and more. Balaram Tripathi is the KMC director of public health.
After discussions with representatives of the local people, volunteers of women's health, and officials from nearby institutions, the effort got underway in all 32 wards on August 30, he said.
Rapid diagnostic tests have been implemented as a result by the KMC at the ward clinics in wards 19, 26, and 30 as of right now.
Doctors assert that the viruses are spread via bite from infected Aedes species mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti or aedes albopictus). Fever, nausea, vomiting, excruciating joint and muscular pain, and discomfort behind the eyes are typical symptoms.
Nepal saw its first case of dengue in 2004. In 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2019 there were more instances. In 2019, there were about 18,000 dengue cases reported. It has been reported that since 2018, the mosquito-borne viral illness, which was previously mostly found in the Terai, has become more prevalent in highland towns like Kathmandu, and Pokhara.