19 health workers quarantined

Kathmandu - Regular service at the District Hospital in Baitedi remains affected since the past three days. The service has been affected after 19 health workers were quarantined, after a woman who delivered at the hospital, tested positive in a RDT test carried out for Corona Virus.

After the RDT positive result of the woman, 19 health workers who came in direct contact with her have been put in self-quarantine, said the chief of the hospital Dr Basant Raj Joshi. The woman had delivered a baby through C-section May 2. A day later she suffered fever and was hence tested for Corona Virus.