The death toll caused by viral fever in Jajarkot district has reached nine in the past two weeks following death of three more persons.

Auxiliary health worker Hari Bahadur Singh informed the fever has claimed lives of four elderly and five children. The viral fever has taken its toll in the district, with around 2,000 people taken ill in the past few days.

Singh, also the in-Charge at Badkule-based health post, said people above 60 years and children are the most affected by the fever. He said the number of people suffering from the viral fever will increase if it is not controlled in time.

Fever, joint pain and vomiting are symptoms of the viral disease.

As many as 100 patients with viral fever visit the health post on a daily basis.

The viral fever has been detected in Junichande, Kapra, Badkule, Karki Gaun, Majkot, Alimaugana, Dandakot and Parale of the district, Junichande Raural Municipality Chairman Krishna KC said.

He informed that villagers of Majkot have been affected the most due to the fever.

KC said that 3-4 members of a single family are suffering from the fever in Majkot.

District Health Office Chief Ram Bahadur Nepal said that a team of health workers under Krishna Khatri, focal person at Jajarkot District Public Health Office, has been deputed to Junichande to control the epidemic.