Dengue outbreak: Two deaths reported in Jhapa; 1065 infected in Koshi

Jhapa, September 9 — Two individuals have died from dengue in Jhapa since Shrawan. A total of 1,065 people has been infected with this disease in Koshi Province during this period.

According to Birendra Das, the dengue focal person at the District Health Office, the victims in Jhapa were 42-year-old Bimala Dahal Paudel from Haldibari-3 and eight-year-old Alok Jung Basnet from Birtamod-4. The number of dengue cases in Jhapa alone has reached 128 since Shrawan 1.