Two persons including an officer at the District Health Office, Jhapa have died due to dengue. The deceased have been identified as Shashi Kumar Bhattarai (57) of Bhadrapur Municipality-7 and Nisha Chhetri (52) of Birtamod Municipality-3. Bhattarai is the family planning officer at the District Health Office, Jhapa.

He had gone to Kathmandu in the third week of August to get his wife Mitra Bhattarai's leg treated.

Bhattarai was infected with dengue in Kathmandu. Health Office officer Bal Krishna Bhandari said that Bhattarai, who was receiving treatment at the HAMS Hospital, breathed his last during the course of treatment on Monday morning. He was suffering from diabetes and heart related problems for the past few years.