KATHMANDU: A coronavirus patient who had fled from an isolation center in Chitwan was nabbed in Nuwakot on Wednesday.

According to Nuwakot Police, the 19-year-old youth has been arrested from Belkotgadhi-5 this morning.

Police monitoring the people’s movement on the way caught him while heading towards his home.

The youth first arrested on theft allegation had tested coronavirus positive while in custody.

After deceiving the security guards in the isolation center, the youth had taken a cycle and fled to Nuwakot.