Covid-19 Nepal: This Parsa village has several cases, but no one is isolated

On May 10, in Chiljhapti, Jagarnathpur rural municipality-5 of the Parsa district in southern Nepal, scores of people reported they had a fever. The department of health in the rural municipality informed the District Health Office about the development. And soon, the news went public.

In the past 10 days, 10 people had died after fever in the rural municipality. The majority of them were from Chiljhapti village. The next day, a joint team from the district and municipal bodies arrived at the location to identify the fever patients and conduct antigen tests. They found that seven out of 11 people tested positive for Covid-19. Likewise, swabs of 25 people were sent for PCR testing.