Six persons, who had returned to Nepal from neighboring India and third world countries, were found infected with malaria. District Health Office, Jhapa Chief Ramesh Barakoti said that two persons each from Mechinagar Municipality and Kachankawal Rural Municipality and one each from Buddhashanti Rural Municipality and Damak Municipality of Jhapa district were found infected with malaria. A 30-year-old man of Jaypur, Buddhshanti-2, who had returned from Uganda a few days ago, was diagnosed with malaria.

He was found infected with malaria while carrying out a test at the Birtacity Hospital in Birtamod on April 20.

He had left Nepal for Uganda on February 13, 2022 and returned home on April 5, 2023. Barakoti said that five persons, who had returned from Sudan, New Delhi, Telibhitta Bihar, Kisangunj Bihar and Mumbai, were also found infected with malaria. They are the residents of Mechinagar, Kachankawan and Damak. According to the World Health Organization, Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Infected female Anopheles called ‘malaria vectors’ carry these deadly parasites.