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17-yr-old girl dies in Birgunj; coronavirus suspected



BIRGUNJ: A 17-year-old girl has died while undergoing treatment at the COVID Special Hospital in Birgunj.

A girl from Bara’s Parwanipur Rural Municipality-4 died at Gandak Hospital on Friday afternoon.

Earlier, she was admitted to Narayani Hospital on Wednesday and was rushed to Birgunj Health Care Hospital after her health condition deteriorated.

The girl was admitted to Gandak COVID Temporary Hospital on Thursday on suspicion of coronavirus infection after she tested positive in RDT.

Her swab sample has been sent for a PCR test. However, the report is yet to arrive.

The hospital has stated that she had also tested positive for scrub typhus.

Publish Date : 24 July 2020 19:06 PM

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