BUTWAL: COVID-19 has been confirmed for the first time in Rupandehi district on Friday.
The 25-year-old youth confirmed to be infected with coronavirus had sneaked into Nepal from India during the lockdown in the second week of April.
The youth was staying at in a quarantine center in Kothimai.
His throat swab sample was tested at the Kathmandu-based National Public Health Laboratory.
The youth has been shifted to Corona Special Hospital in Butwal, hospital’s Spokesperson Dr. Bishnu Gautam said.
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