CHITWAN: Five persons from Chitwan district who had come to Nepal via Qatar Airways have been tested negative to novel coronavirus.

The five individuals had shared the plane with the 19-year-old girl who tested positive to the coronvirus.

The sample sent by Bharatpur Corona Special Hospital to the National Laboratory of Teku, Kathmandu, was found negative to the coronavirus, according to Dr Bhojraj Adhikari, spokesperson at the hospital.

Five persons coming along with the lady who was found positive to the COVID-19 are Bhuwan Koirala and his wife Sanju Koirala, Suresh Gurung, Shambhu Nepali and his spouse.

They had reached the Corona Special Hospital at the request of District Administration Office, Chitwan.

They got admitted to the Hospital and swab sent to Kathmandu for test.

Among six persons- all from Bharatpur metropolis and coming to Nepal from abroad, one had stayed in Kathmandu. All of them were negative to the deadly coronavirus.

With this, they are sent back to homes. Currently, four persons are receiving treatment at the hospital.