Two Belauri-based banks close for a week

Kathmandu - Branches of two banks based in Belauri municipality-4, Belauri Bazaar have been closed down for a week from today after a bank staff diagnosed with coronavirus infection The Shreepur branches of the Bank of Kathmandu (BOK) and the Rastriya Banijya Bank have shut their operations for a week. With the diagnosis of the virus on an employee of BOK in course of the PCR test, the Rastriya Banijya Bank adjacent to BOK has also been shut in view of transmission threat.

Belauri municipality-4 ward chair Arjun Dhakal said the operations of the branches of both the banks have been closed until results of PCR tests of other employees coming in contact with the diagnosed employee are received. He further shared that the BOK employee had developed fever after returning from Kathmandu.