Unknown disease claims 13 lives in Nepal

An unidentified disease has claimed the lives of 13 people in Nepal's Gorkha district over the past two weeks. Most of those killed due to the unknown disease were children, according to officials.

The disease has symptom of headache, fever and cough along with pain in the abdomen and itching in the body.

Around 35 people seriously affected by the disease have been admitted to the district hospital, the officials said.