The disease has claimed 13 people so far, said VDC secretary Dharma Raj Rokaya. Of the dead, seven are woman and six are man and all are over 50, he added.
It is said that the disease was spread due to the severe cold caused by snowfall. The village lies along the border of China.
Some 200 people have been affected from the disease. A health team from the District Public Health Office has been sent to the disease-spread village.
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