PCR laboratories in Province 1 overwhelmed with increasing number of samples

Delay in test results has not only caused distress but also risked community transmission of the disease, Covid-19 suspects and patients say.

A 50-year-old man from Ward No. 11 in Biratnagar had his swab sample collected for a Polymerase Chain Reaction test by the metropolis’ health officials on Saturday. The long wait for his test result is causing him much distress, he says.