Three people who had returned home from India have been diagnosed with COVID-19 virus in Sudurpaschim Province.
Hemraj Joshi, the epidemic focal person of the Directorate General of Health Services of the Province, said that two men and one woman have tested for COVID-19. They are 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.
"Coronavirus has been confirmed in three out of 36 suspected people who were returning home from different cities of India through 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 sample collected has been sent to Central Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu for the PCR test of all those who have been confirmed carrying COVID-19 virus.
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