GORKHA, SEPTEMBER 19

Twenty-five cases of Scrub typhus infection have been detected in Aarughat Rural Municipality of Gorkha district.

Chief of the health section, the rural municipality, Bijaya Shahi confirmed the people infected with the disease.

"With the onset of monsoon, the caseload has increased. Twenty-five people are confirmed of having been infected with the disease so far since mid-July," he added.