Fewer tests mean reported cases in rural Nepal could just be tip of the iceberg

Immediate measures like training health workers to treat mild Covid-19 cases and getting the infected to isolate at institutions are needed to lessen severity, doctors say.

Of the 92 swab samples collected randomly in Devitar of Dhulikhel Municipality, Kavrepalanchok district on Saturday, 56 tested positive. That is a positivity rate of more than 60 percent.