Sudur Pashchim: Three people who had returned home from India have been confirmed carrying the COVID-19 virus in Sudur Pashchim Province. Hemraj Joshi, the epidemic focal person of the Directorate General of Health Services of the Province, said that two men and one woman were confirmed positive to COVID-19. They are a 20-year-old man from Kanchanpur, a 32-year-old man from Dhakari in Achham, and a 24-year-old woman from Dhangadhi in Kailali.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the individuals tested positive among 36 suspected cases who were returning from different cities of India through the Gauriphanta border point. All those who have tested positive for COVID have been asked to stay in isolation at home. The epidemic focal person of the Directorate shared that the swab samples collected have been sent to the Central Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu for the PCR test of all those who have been confirmed carrying the COVID-19 virus.