Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- The World Health Organization has warned of possible dengue outbreak in Kathmandu Valley.
Two health experts from the UN health agency, who visited the Capital two weeks ago, said that eggs, larva and pupa of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito, which transmit the dengue virus, were found in huge numbers in various places of the Valley.
"The WHO officials visited some hospitals, academies and public places, where they found eggs, larva and pupa of dengue-spreading mosquitoes," Dr Bibek Kumar Lal, director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, told the Post on Sunday. "We are at high risk of dengue spread, as the vector is already present in Kathmandu Valley which offers a very suitable environment...