COVID19: 17 including health worker test positive in Saptari

RAJBIRAJ: A total of 17 people including a health worker have been infected with coronavirus in Saptari district on Friday.

According to the Health Office, Saptari, the tests conducted at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, have confirmed infection in 15 people including health workers in Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality and in one each from Bode Bersain Municipality and Mahadeva Rural Municipality.

In Hanuman Nagar Kankalini Municipality-6, men aged 26, 26, 35, 28, 22, 18, 48, 36, 21, 18, 19 years, a 32-year-old man of Ward No. 7 and 17 and 34-year-old men of Ward No. 12 have been confirmed infected.

A 48-year-old man from Bode Basain Municipality-2 and a 28-year-old man from Mahadeva Municipality-5 have also been infected.