KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party leader and Former Minister Keshab Badal has tested positive for COVID-19.

Badal, who is also the chairman of the NCP Central Advisory Committee, was diagnosed with the virus on Friday morning.

He had given his swab for PCR testing after his wife Shanti Badal tested positive on Tuesday, according to Badal.

Shanti is undergoing treatment at Gangalal Heart Center while Keshab Badal is in home isolation following infections.