A new COVID-19 case confirmed in Jhapa; COVID-19 test on all staying at Mosques

Kathmandu / Apr. 24: Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a new COVID-19 case in Jhapa.

A 62-year old male from Jhapa tested COVID-19 positive in PCR test done at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, informed MoHP.

The health condition of the patient is normal and he has been kept in isolation.

With this, number of COVID-19 patients in Nepal has reached 49.

COVID-19 test on all staying at Mosques in Kathmandu

The government has started the coronavirus test on all those staying in mosques in the Kathmandu Valley.

Director General of Department of Health Services Mahendra Prasad Shrestha said that this decision was taken as people in a mosque of Udayapur district were tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Shrestha, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of those people was started from Thursday. He shared that 76 individuals were already tested and it is ongoing today as well.

In the tests carried out before, 27 people residing in a Bhulke-based mosque were tested for coronavirus.

Director General Shrestha further said three of them had arrived in Kathmandu as per their travel history. RSS