All health service shut after health workers test positive for coronavirus

Kathmandu - All the services of the health facility at Punarbas municipality-5, Tribhuvanbasti in Kanchanpur district have been closed down following confirmation of coronavirus among health workers since Tuesday. COVID-19 focal person of Health Office Kanchanpur Siddharaj Bhatta said all the services of the health post have been shut down for contract tracing of the people coming to the contract of the infected health workers. Swab samples of the health workers of the health facility and other suspects were also collected for coronavirus test.

"The swab samples collected were sent for laboratory test", he said, adding the health services would not resume until the receipt of test results. As many as 13 persons including health workers of Purnabas were confirmed to have contracted coronavirus on Monday. According to hospital's information officer Dilip Kumar Shrestha, three male and two female from Bhimdutta municipality and a male from Shuklaphanta municipality have tested positive for the virus.