INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Five people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Kathmandu valley on Monday.
A 28-year-old woman from Kalopul, who had gone to
Gorakhpur to take care of her mother, tested positive for the contagion on Monday, two days after returning from India
A 27-year-old woman was also diagnosed with the disease on Monday
She is a resident of Gaushala and had returned from Kuwait a few days ago.
A 40-year-old woman from Harisiddhi, Lalitpur, has also
contracted the disease.
She had returned from United Arab Emirates a few days ago
All three of them have been admitted to Patan Hospital.
&A man, 52, who is suffering from fever and respiratory illness also tested positive
for COVD-19 and was admitted to the intensive care unit in Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.
He had come from Mumbai a few
days ago,& Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, told mediapersons.
The health ministry
didn&t disclose details of the fifth person who tested positive for the virus in Kathmandu valley.
The number of people in Kathmandu valley
who have contracted the disease stands at 44.
A version of this article appears in e-paper on June 16, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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