<p class="title">Nepal should declare a health emergency due to the spread of dengue that has claimed two lives and affected over 5,000 people in the country, the Nepali Congress, the main Opposition party, has demanded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at a National Assembly meeting here, Nepali Congress lawmaker Radheshyam Adhikari questioned the government on why was it not announcing the dengue spread a national epidemic when the vector-borne disease has spread to 56 out of the 77 districts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dengue has spread in 56 out of the 77 districts across the country. Isn’t this a national epidemic? Shouldn’t the government be putting in more efforts to make sure its citizens are safe? If now isn't the time to announce a medical emergency, when is?,” questioned Adhikari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nepal has so far witnessed over 5,000 dengue related cases with two deaths.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“If we don't announce a medical emergency now, this will turn into an epidemic,” he warned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adhikari alleged some of the private hospitals are charging up to NR 2,600 although dengue test kit costs only NR. 350.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Komal Oli, a lawmaker of the ruling party, also said the government has failed to pay attention to controlling the dengue situation in the nation so far. </p>
<p class="title">Nepal should declare a health emergency due to the spread of dengue that has claimed two lives and affected over 5,000 people in the country, the Nepali Congress, the main Opposition party, has demanded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at a National Assembly meeting here, Nepali Congress lawmaker Radheshyam Adhikari questioned the government on why was it not announcing the dengue spread a national epidemic when the vector-borne disease has spread to 56 out of the 77 districts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dengue has spread in 56 out of the 77 districts across the country. Isn’t this a national epidemic? Shouldn’t the government be putting in more efforts to make sure its citizens are safe? If now isn't the time to announce a medical emergency, when is?,” questioned Adhikari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nepal has so far witnessed over 5,000 dengue related cases with two deaths.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“If we don't announce a medical emergency now, this will turn into an epidemic,” he warned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adhikari alleged some of the private hospitals are charging up to NR 2,600 although dengue test kit costs only NR. 350.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Komal Oli, a lawmaker of the ruling party, also said the government has failed to pay attention to controlling the dengue situation in the nation so far. </p>