SUNSARI, June 7 -- Dharan Sub-metropolitan City has declared Wards 8 and 15 as crisis-hit zones after the Health Directorate of Province 1 announced a dengue emergency in the city.

As many as 188 people have been diagnosed with dengue in the two wards so far this year. Most of the patients are from Ward 15. The dengue patients are receiving treatment at tropical ward and emergency unit of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS).

Twenty-six people were admitted to the hospital on Thursday alone. The hospital is waiting for their test reports to confirm dengue in them.

A health team led by Dr Bhogendra Dotel, chief at the health directorate, inspected the dengue-affected areas on Thursday before declaring the dengue emergency. ...