UDAYAPUR: A journalist has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Province-1.
The infected has been admitted to the Biratnagar-based Koshi COVID Hospital. The health condition of the journalist is said to be normal.
The Udayapur-based journalist is associated with Kathmandu-based television for around two and a half years.
The journalist’s throat swab sample testing resulted in negative, said Federation of Nepali Journalists ( FNJ), Province-1 committee chair Bikram Luintel.
The journalist some days ago had been in Bhulke of Udayapur, one of the ‘hotspots’ of COVID-19, in course of news reporting.
Twenty-six journalists underwent a PCR test for COVID-19 in Udayapur. The test for Morang and Jhapa-based journalists was likely to begin from today. RSS
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