BAJURA: Two people have died of viral fever in Swamikartik rural municipality of Bajura district.

Mima Kadara, 55, and Dal Bahadur Rawal, 70, of ward no. 1 of the rural municipality died of viral fever, ward chair Janak Bahadur Rokaya said.

Of the five members in the family who took ill, Kadara succumbed to the viral fever.

The entire village in the ward no. 1 has been affected by viral fever of late.

People are suffering from cough, cold, and fever due to severe cold people.

A team of health workers has been dispatched to the affected site, according to Sappata health post chief Brija BK.