INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: All five family members, including the newborn, of the first person to die of the coronavirus disease in Nepal have tested
negative for the virus.
The first Covid-19 fatality, that of a 29-year-old woman of Sindhupalchok district, was reported on May 16
The deceased had delivered a baby eleven days ago at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), in Kathmandu
She was later taken to Dhulikhel Hospital after complaining of a breathing difficulty.
Yubaraj Tamang, a local social campaigner of
Bahrabise Municipality-9 in Sindhupalchok, said the family members of the deceased woman including her newborn has tested negative for
coronavirus.
Following her death, the hospital administration sealed the emergency department and its medical unit
Likewise, the local administration has sealed ward-9 of Barhabise Municipality and wards 7 and 8 of Balefi Rural Municipality.
Meanwhile,
medics dispatched from the Ministry of Health and Population are conducting the swab collection of local residents.
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