First coronavirus case detected in Karnali State

Surkhet, May 19 .The first case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Karnali State on Monday. The province reported its first coronavirus infection after about four months such case was found in the country.

According to the Karnali State Health Directorate, a 35-year-old male from Sattala of Aathbiskot municipality-1 tested positive to the deadly virus. The swab sample collected from this man was tested in the health laboratory in Surkhet on Monday. He had come from India a week back. The sample was was also send to the Bheri Hospital laboratory in Nepalgunj for retest. It tested positive for coronavirus there also and the COVID-19 infection was confirmed in this person. He is now kept in isolation at the municipality and his health is normal, the Directorate stated.