Three people test COVID-19 positive in Sudur Pashchim Province

Baitadi: Three people who had returned home from India have been confirmed to carry the COVID-19 virus in Sudur Pashchim Province.

Hemraj Joshi, the epidemic focal person of the Directorate General of Health Services of the Province, said that two men and one woman were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

They are a 20-year-old man from Kanchanpur, a 32-year-old man from Dhakari in Achham, and a 24-year-old woman from Dhangadhi in Kailali.

‘Covid has been confirmed in three out of 36 suspected people who were returning home from different cities of India through the Gauriphanta border point. All those who have tested positive for COVID have been asked to stay in isolation at home.’

The epidemic focal person of the Directorate shared that the swab sample collected has been sent to the Central Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu for the PCR test of all those who have been confirmed carrying the COVID-19 virus.

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