WHO–IPD Team Reaches Chicken Pox-Affected Area of Surnaya Rural Municipality
Baitadi —After an outbreak of chicken pox (locally known as Theula) and fever in Ward No. 8 of Surnaya Rural Municipality, Baitadi district, the Immunization Preventable Diseases (IPD) team under the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted an on-site investigation and provided necessary health support. Following the detection of the outbreak on Asar 5 , the WHO–IPD team reached the affected area to study the nature of the illness and collected throat swabs and blood samples from infected individuals. As the infection primarily affected children, Kedar Secondary School in Kathmada, Surnaya, was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure. According to...
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