Viral Fever in Baitadi Confirmed as Influenza B After Two Brothers Die

Baitadi. The viral fever spreading in Mahara village of Purchaundi Municipality-10, Baitadi, has been confirmed as 'Influenza B'. The viral fever was confirmed as the 'Influenza B' virus in tests conducted at the Provincial Public Health Laboratory in Dhangadhi.

Following the deaths of two brothers from the viral fever—13-year-old Binod Mahara on Falgun 11 and 10-year-old Bikash Mahara on Falgun 16—a team of health workers was dispatched to Mahara village.