INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, April 5
All 94 people quarantined at Kharipati, Bhaktapur, have tested negative for coronavirus.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of
Health and Population Bikas Devkota confirmed the negative tests of all 94 people at the daily press briefing at the ministry today.
These
94 people had entered the country via air on March 21 from coronavirus-hit countries
Devkota also said that as per the Cabinet decision, the ministry would conduct rapid test for coronavirus in Kailali, Kanchanpur and Baglung
districts where new positive cases were recently found.
Devkota also said that all those who came from foreign countries after March 14,
family members of COVID-19 positive cases and people who came in contact with positive cases and families around the positive persons& house
would be tested for the disease.
Devkota said as per the details entered in mobile application, 150 people were in the red zone meaning they
could be COVID-19 suspects
He also said that the government had started tracing people who came in contact with three persons who had tested positive yesterday
He said 113 people were undergoing treatment in isolation wards in various hospitals, of which 12 were undergoing treatment in Kathmandu.
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