INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday announced 14 swab collection centres to facilitate extensive testing of
coronavirus infection in Kathmandu valley at a time when new cases have been on the rise.
MoHP has urged the public to visit the swab
collection centres from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm everyday if they have come in contact with COVID-19 infected person/s or recently visited risk
areas.
The public also can visit previously established coronavirus-related health facilities.
Similarly, the health ministry has also urged
public to mandatorily follow COVID-19 health guidelines, stay inside unless in case of emergency, not crowd, and observe festivals at their
homes owing to the escalating cases of transmission within Kathmandu valley and throughout the country.
The ministry in its statement
claimed that authorities are speeding the process of contact tracing of suspicious/infected persons.
List of the swab collection centres are
as follows:
Patan Hospital
Bhaktapur Hospital
Civil Hospital
Kathmandu Medical College (KMC)
TU Teaching Hospital
Bir Hospital
Teku
Hospital
APF Hospital
Birendra Hospital
Prasuti Griha (Maternity Hospital)
Star Hospital
Hams Hospital
Nepal Police Hospital
Nepal Korea
Friendship Hospital
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