A 60-year-old woman of Madi municipality-1 in Chitwan district died of Japanese Encephalitis. She died after returning home from the hospital. According to health office chief, Durga Dutta Chapagain, a total of nine cases of Japanese Encephalitis have been confirmed so far in the district. Of them, a woman succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis in the district. The deceased was admitted to Bharatpur Hospital on August 22 after she suffered from headache and fever. Out of 22 tests, nine cases of Japanese Encephalitis have been confirmed in the district.

According to the office, four cases of Japanese Encephalitis have been detected in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, two in Madi Municipality and each in Rapti, Ratnanagar and Kalika Municipalities.

The infection first was detected in the first week of August and JE cases have reached nine till September 3. This is probably the first time the district is tackling the situation to this level, said office chief, Chapagain. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) is a flavivirus related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses, and it spreads by mosquitoes.