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Person who tested positive for COVID-19 entered Nepal in a truck



KATHMANDU: The 41-year-old male from Nawalparasi, who tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, had come to Chitwan from India in a truck.

A resident of Devchuli Municipality-12, the person had entered Nepal via Raksaul, according to Health Office Chief Raj Kumar Shrestha.

The infected person, who was a laborer in India, however, has not entered Nawalparasi.

The truck was heading toward Kathmandu.

“We asked him to undergo a COVID-19 test at the Bharatpur Hospital as soon as we came to know that he had entered the country,” Shrestha said.

He has been kept in isolation in the hospital.

Publish Date : 14 May 2020 17:25 PM

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