They give you fever

Larvae destruction campaigns and awareness programmes are the best way to prevent dengue.

Over the past few weeks, thousands of Nepalis have been infected with the dengue virus. Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City has been identified as the epicentre of the current 2023 dengue outbreak. The virus is spreading at an explosive rate to other parts of the country. Observers are curious to see whether this outbreak will hit the capital Kathmandu too, as it did in 2019. Nepal witnessed a series of big dengue outbreaks in 2019 and again in 2022. Deaths attributed to dengue complications have been increasing with every successive outbreak (0.03 percent in 2019 and 0.16 percent in 2022), which means the dengue virus is becoming deadlier.