Karnali Chief Minister Directs Action on Scrub Typhus Outbreak

Karnali. Karnali Province Government Chief Minister Mangal Bahadur Shahi has directed to control the outbreak of scrub typhus seen in Darma Rural Municipality of Salyan. The Chief Minister directed to send an additional one thousand kits, necessary medicines, and manpower including doctors from the Provincial Health Services Directorate and Provincial Health Supply Management Center by tomorrow morning.

Wards No. 1, 5, and 6 of Darma have been most affected by scrub typhus. The provincial government is preparing to send testing kits, medicines, and additional health workers along with doctors and health workers to control the outbreak. Chief Minister Shahi has directed to conduct health camps as soon as possible in the affected areas and make necessary testing, treatment, and prevention programs effective. He has also urged the concerned bodies to control the disease by mobilizing available resources.