Coronavirus isolation ward set up in Baitadi

BAITADI: An isolation ward has been established in Baitadi as a preparedness measure in view of coronavirus panic.

The ward set up in the district hospital has three beds where people with suspected coronavirus infection will be kept in isolation and treated, medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Basanta Raj Joshi said.

“Swabs of saliva and mucus of infected people will be collected and sent for a test. In this regard, test kits have been demanded from the state public health laboratory,” he informed.

The decision to this effect was made after the state government’s direction to set up isolation at each district.