JANAKPURDHAM: Swab samples of 2,121 people have been collected so far for testing for coronavirus through the PCR method as part of the prevention of coronavirus campaign in State-2.
Swab samples have been collected from 1,290 until Saturday. Likewise, collection of swab samples has been intensified in Siraha and Saptari — the two districts in State-2 bordering with Udayapur of State-1.
Udayapur has become a hotspot of coronavirus of late with 12 new cases detected on a single day last week.
Coronavirus infection was found in a 24-year-old person at Brindaban municipality and a 35-year-old man at Dewahigonahi municipality in Rautahat of State-2 on Tuesday.
These two municipalities have been sealed off after new cases were found there, the State-2 Health Directorate here stated.
Human resources from the Department of Health Service, the Nepali Army, the Armed Police Force and the Directorate have been mobilized for collection of swab samples.
Nine out of the 976 samples collected so far have tested positive for coronavirus in the district.
State-2 Health Directorate’s senior health officer Bijaya Kumar Jha said that nine hundred sixty seven samples have tested negative so far.
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