Kathmandu, Dec. 9 -- Six Sri Lankan players, who are in Nepal to participate in the ongoing South Asian Games, have been hospitalised after contracting dengue, once again raising concerns that the disease-carrying mosquitoes are still active even after the onset of winter.

Of the players infected with dengue, Gayathri Nanayakkara has been admitted in the intensive care unit of Blue Cross Hospital near Dashrath Stadium in Tripureshwor.

The hospital administration said Nanayakkara was airlifted from Pokhara on Saturday.

"She is recovering well and she is out of danger," Rajat Shrestha, a board member of the hospital, told the Post. "Other five players have been receiving treatment in the general ward."

It, however, was not immediately c...