Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- While dengue is spreading at an alarming rate, the government has claimed the situation is gradually coming under control and that "there is nothing to worry about."

Against the demand from the cross-party lawmakers to announce a health emergency in the wake of dengue outbreaks in at least 56 districts with at least seven deaths and nearly 9,000 hospitalisation cases so far, the government on Wednesday said the rate of dengue infection was decreasing.

Addressing the concerns of parliamentarians in the House of Representatives, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav said that "the government's health mechanism is able to tackle such epidemic."

"The dengue infection rate is under...