KATHMANDU: Nepal has reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. It is the first time such a large number of infected founded with the test.
Earlier, positive cases were reported irregularly. With this, the total number of infected has reached 30 in Nepal with the first case reported on January 23.
Co-spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Samir Adhikari, confirmed that 12 persons were tested positive for coronavirus from Udayapur and two from Chitwan.
The Co-Spokesperson Dr. Adhikari further said all of those from Udayapur were males and staying at Nuri mosque.
Similarly, those from Chitwan are from the same family- mother and son.
With the additional 14 positive cases, contract tracing has been intensified.
The twelve COVID-19 males rage from the age of 20 to 40.
Similarly, Bharatpur Hospital’s Chairman Dr. Bhojraj Adhikari shared that a 63-year-old woman and her 27-year-old son from Brahmanagar of Rapti municipality-8 in Chitwan district had contracted the infection. Both of them had arrived in Nepal from the UK in mid-March via Qatar Airways.
A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was conducted on both the mother and son duo on Wednesday. They were currently in the isolation ward of the Bharatpur Hospital. Nasal and throat swabs of both were sent to Kathmandu after conducting the COVID-19 test on them twice on Thursday.
High alertness has been maintained in the district after these two cases of COVID-19 were reported in the district.
Chief District Officer of Chitwan Narayan Prasad Bhattarai shared that all those having come in contact with the mother and son since their arrival to the district would be tracked and kept in isolation.
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