Dhanadevi Nayak, 60, of Belapur VDC-7 died on Sunday, while 32-year-old Dammaridevi Damai of the same village had died on Saturday. More than 30 in the village have taken ill to the disease, among which most are women and children, Dadeldhura Public Health Office said.
Chief of District Public Health Office Shreekrishna Bhatta said a team of health workers with medicines would reach the village by Monday.
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