Delta Plus variant of coronavirus detected in Nuwakot

NUWAKOT: The Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Nuwakot.

Issuing a press statement here Friday, Trishuli District Hospital shared that the Delta Plus variant was found in one of four nasal and throat swabs collected here and sent to the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu. This variant of COVID-19 is 60 to 100 percent contagious than the earlier variants, said Chief medical person at the hospital, Dr Dipendra Pandey, calling for precaution against the coronavirus infection.