KATHMANDU: All transit points to Shankharapur municipality in Kathmandu have been sealed off from today after 12 people tested positive to coronavirus.

The tests were carried out on 290 people, including people’s representatives, employees assigned on duty for essential services and local residents, using rapid diagnostic test (RDT) method on Thursday.

The RDT were carried out on samples collected from people of ward number 4 to 9 of the municipality, Mayor Subarna Shrestha said.

The 12 people testing positive to the coronavirus infection have been kept in a quarantine at the Bal Kshetra Nepal at Ward No 7 of the municipality.