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DPM Pokharel, Minister Thapa test COVID-19 negative

Reports of Health Minister, NA Chief come negative



KATHMANDU: The COVID-19 reports of Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa have come negative.

Similarly, Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal and Nepal Army (NA) Chief Purna Chandra Thapa too have tested negative for the coronavirus.

They had taken to home isolation citing the possibility of getting transmitted to coronavirus pandemic.

Citing that one of the staff of COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) was found coronavirus positive, the Ministers and NA Chief had gone to home isolation to avoid the risk of coronavirus transmission.

Publish Date : 29 August 2020 20:09 PM

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