KMC Urges Residents to Take Precautions Against Dengue Infection

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has urged residents to remain cautious against dengue fever as its transmission through mosquito bites continues.

According to Rishi Prasad Bhusal, focal person of KMC’s Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Programme, health workers, female health volunteers, and local residents are working together across all wards to destroy mosquito breeding sites and larvae.

He said that, based on past infection patterns, the city is making maximum efforts to reduce and control mortality risks, especially during the peak transmission season. The first dengue case in KMC was reported in 2018 in a woman from the Chamati area.

KMC noted that dengue transmission typically rises during the rainy season, with the highest risk in the months of Bhadra, Ashoj, and Kartik (mid-August to mid-November). The disease is spread by Aedes mosquitoes, which thrive in clean and stagnant water.

Data shows that dengue infections in KMC were recorded at 2,973 cases in 2022, 643 in 2023, 2,084 in 2024, and 248 cases so far this year. The problem of dengue in Nepal was first reported in 2004. -- RSS