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Nairobi fly infection cases have been detected in Ilam district. Nairobi fly is also known as acid fly.

People suffering from Nairobi fly infection are found at some local levels of the district including Mai, Suryodaya and Ilam municipalities as well as Rong rural municipality.

It is said that the infection is caused from the bite of the Nairobi fly, an insect that looks like a mosquito with red and black abdomen. The infection is transmitted to human from feces of the insects.

Resource person at the District Health Office, Bimal Baral, said people infected from Nairobi fly have started visiting the hospital.

He shared, "A mosquito net should be used during the night to be safe from insect bite." A large number of people infected from Nairobi fly have been found visiting District government hospital and private hospitals as well as pharmacies in recent period.

The infected people develop different symptoms including rashes, itchiness and blisters in skin. Health workers urged the people not to panic as there is a treatment of Nairobi fly infection. Specially, children and elderly people should be protected from the infection, they added.

Nepal reported 177 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 805 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 144 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 321 people underwent antigen tests, of which 33 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 41 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 873 active cases in the country.

A 17-year-old girl has been raped inside a tipper in Thankot, Kathmandu on Friday.

Driver Gyan Bahadur Nepali (32) of Gaurishankar Rural Municipality-8, Dolakha, who had been absconding after the heinous crime, was nabbed from Kalanki, Kathmandu-14 on Saturday.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

With the rising temperature, Baglung district has recorded dengue of late.

The disease transmitted by the mosquito bite was found among two persons.

A woman and a man reaching the Dhaulagiri Hospital for treatment were contracted dengue, according to medical superintendent, Dr Shailendra B Pokhrel.

The patients had undergone test after they complained of the symptoms similar to the dengue.

With this, they have been admitted in the hospital. The infected ones are from Baglung Municipality-7 and 9. They have however normal condition.

The bite of ADH species of mosquito causes dengue. The health-workers have urged the commoners to pay heed to sanitation in order to remain away from vulnerability.

Wiping out puddles around the residence is imperative to avoid such mosquito.