Three more people have been tested positive for COVID-19, taking the confirmed cases to nine so far in the country. All three are from Kanchanpur district of Sudurpaschim State.<\/p>\n
Those confirmed to have contracted the virus are a 21-year-old male who recently returned from Mumbai, India; the second is a 41 -year-old male and he also arrived home recently from Uttarakhand, India, and the third is a 41-year-old woman, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health and Population said. The woman is the relative of the one who was tested positive earlier in the district.<\/p>\n
Their swab samples were collected some days ago and the tests were conducted on Friday, said Division director Dr Basudev Pandey. All three are being treated at the Dhanagadhi-based Sudurpaschim State Hospital.<\/p>\n
With the latest update, it is the first time having a locally transmitted case. The first COVID-19 case was detected on a student arrived from Wuhan of China on January 23 and it has been already cured. Other infected ones are also under isolation care, the Ministry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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