Covid-19 cases reach 12 in Nepal

Three Indian nationals residing in Birgunj have tested positive for Covid-19.The Health Ministry confirmed this on Sunday.Three of them aged 37, 44 and 55 were taken to an isolation ward of the Narayani Hospital after they were suspected to have contracted the virus,” the ministry said in a statement.

This confirmation brings the total number of Covid-19 cases detected in Nepal to 12. Besides the three identified in Birgunj, all other patients are Nepali citizens from Kailali, Kanchanpur, Baglung and Kathmandu.