{"id":432178,"date":"2026-07-05T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=432178"},"modified":"2026-07-05T18:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:34:29","slug":"risk-of-dengue-infection-increases-with-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/432178.html","title":{"rendered":"Risk of dengue infection increases with rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>The Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control Division has advised everyone to take necessary precautions as the risk of dengue infection is likely to increase with the onset of monsoon rainfall across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dengue.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dengue.webp 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dengue-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dengue-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief of the Vector-Borne Disease Section of the Division, Dr Gokarna Prasad Dahal, said the rainfall that has been taking place over the past few days poses a risk of increasing dengue infection, \u201cWhen rain falls from the sky, dengue-carrying mosquitoes get the breeding ground with accumulated water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing that 63 people were diagnosed with dengue from June 23 to 29, Dr Dahal said that due to the daily rainfall, the infection could increase as mosquito species develop in puddles and holes near roads and houses where water can accumulate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suggested that measures such as preventing water from accumulating in puddles and holes around houses, regular cleaning, and using mosquito nets while sleeping can be adopted to prevent dengue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The risk of dengue infection remains high between the months of Asad to Kartik in the Lunar Calendar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, it is necessary to identify potential places where mosquitoes can breed and pay special attention to cleanliness,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The risk of dengue infection remains high between the months of Asad to Kartik in the Lunar Calendar. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":413165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-432178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432179,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432178\/revisions\/432179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432178"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=432178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}