Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- Over a dozen people in Kathmandu Valley have been infected with dengue virus over a week, according to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division.

The division, which is responsible for containing the spread of the deadly virus, said that several dengue cases have been reported in Kapurdhara, Baneshwor, Tinkune, Tahachal, Teku, Sanobharyang, Balaju, Swayambhu, Lagan and Ason areas.

"More people might have been infected with the virus, as all hospitals, which have been treating patients do share information with us," Dr Bibek Kumar Lal, director at the division, told the Post. "Several private as well as government hospitals have reported us about the dengue cases."

Health officials said that all the cases repor...