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Over 41,000 foreign returnees under scrutiny: Health Ministry



KATHMANDU: The government has claimed that it has collected details of 41,104 Nepali who have arrived from abroad, of late.

Speaking a regular press briefing on Monday, Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Bikash Devkota said that the ministry has kept those who had arrived from COVID-19 hit countries under scrutiny.

According to him, 93 people have been kept at isolation across the country.

A total of 993 samples have been so far tested at the Teku-based National Public Health Laboratory.

Five patients have so far tested positive for COVID-19. One has been discharged while four others have been undergoing treatment.

Publish Date : 30 March 2020 17:35 PM

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