Salyan, Nov. 4 -- A scrub typhus outbreak has spread across Darma Rural Municipality in Salyan district, prompting local authorities to launch health camps for testing and awareness. The move follows the deaths of four women over the past two weeks, all suffering from high fever with symptoms resembling scrub typhus.

According to health officials, the victims-aged between 35 and 55-died during treatment at the Kohalpur-based Nepalgunj Teaching Hospital. As fever cases surged in the rural municipality, the local government, in coordination with the Salyan Health Service Office and local Gen Z Group, organised mobile health camps in Wards 3 and 5 on Sunday and Monday.

"Out of 67 people tested in ward 3, 23 were confirmed positive for scru...