Two persons from Arun Rural Municipality-2 of Bhojpur district died of viral fever recently.

According to the District Health Office, 45-year-old Bishnu Kumari Rai of Arun Rural Municipality-2 and two-year-old Ayusha died while undergoing treatment at the  BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, Sunsari.

Viral fever has mostly affected the Serang village of Arun Rural Municipality-2, said Rupak Pulami, an auxiliary health worker at Pyauli Health Centre.

Nearly 60 viral fever patients visited the health centre in past one week. Many villagers also visited the health facilities in Dharan, Biratnagar and Itahari in that period.

Pulami said the number of patients arriving at the health centre was declining and that the disease was under control.