INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JULY 17
The health ministry today claimed that there was no evidence of community transmission of the novel coronavirus in
Kathmandu valley.
&Of the 4,800 samples collected from several crowded areas in the valley to find out whether there is community
transmission or not only three tested positive
Of the three, two had returned from foreign countries, while one was linked to a beauty parlour
This confirms that there is no evidence of community transmission in the valley,& said Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and
Population Jageshwor Gautam.
&Though there is no evidence that COVID-19 has spread in the community and the number of infections was
declining, COVID infection is still spreading and people have to remain on guard,& he said.
They have to maintain social distance at public
places, practice hand hygiene and wear masks to prevent the contagion from spreading.
Meanwhile, health authorities today diagnosed 101 new
With this, Nepalcoronavirus caseload has reached 17,445
Of these, 11,534 have already been discharged, including 285 COVID patients who recovered today.
Forty patients have succumbed to the
respiratory contagion in Nepal.
Of those diagnosed with COVID-19 today, 22 are from Lamjung, 13 from Rolpa, 10 from Bardiya, eight each from
Rautahat and Dhanusha, seven from Tanahun, five from Dang, three each from Bara and Nawalparasi (East), two each from Bhaktapur, Morang,
Jhapa, Parsa and Nuwakot and one each from Kathmandu, Saptari, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Kavrepalanchowk, Palpa, Rupandehi, Salyan, Rukum
(West), Dadeldhura, Bajhang and Doti.
Bhojpur, Sankhuwasabha, Manang, Mustang, and Humla have no active COVID case
On the other hand, Rautahat, Kailali and Bajura each have over 500 COVID patients in isolation wards.
A version of this article appears in
e-paper on July 18, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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