Scrub typhus

At least 1,152 cases of scrub typhus were recorded in Sudurpaschim Province in the past two months alone.

A 48-year-old woman died of scrub typhus in Chitwan. She is from Kawasoti municipality-17 in Nawalpur.

The cases of scrub typhus have increased in the District Hospital Bajura amidst the monsoon season.

Various hospitals in Chitwan district report 230 cases of scrub typhus.

The district reported 213 cases of dengue last fiscal year

Scrub typhus cases are found increasing in the Baitadi district.

Twenty-five people at Aarughat Rural Municipality in Gorkha district have been infected with scrub typhus, said the rural municipality.

The risk of scrub typhus has increased after infection was found in people coming to the hospital in Baitadi.

The Ministry of Health and Population has urged one and all to remain alert of scrub typhus with symptoms similar to COVID-19,