Dr. Bikash Devkota, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates:
Total no. of tests done (nationwide): 1351
Teku: 1277
Dharan: 39
Pokhara: 19
Hetauda: 5
Janakpur: 5
Surkhet: 7
Dhangadi: 4
Butwal: Being Installed
No. of tests in past 24 hours (nationwide): 167
No. of people in isolation: 120
Inside Valley: 15
Outside valley: 105
(On suspicion of coronavirus, tests either yet to be done, or results are awaited)
Contact Tracing:
Contact Tracing of 6th confirmed case is ongoing.
Live Cases:
Kathmandu: 2
Baglung: 2
Dhangadi: 1
(Health report of all patients stable)
Recovered: 1
Mobile App:
As per the mobile app and COVID-19 informational website of MOHP (covid19.mohp.gov.np)
5626 people have registered themselves with their symptoms, and of them 107 have been classified under the Red Zone.
Note by MoHP: A few people haven’t filled their forms properly and have given out incorrect personal information such as address, phone numbers. MoHP has requested the public to give correct details.
Pokhara Case:
MoHP has dismissed reports about a patient testing positive in Pokhara after a few media outlets reported the same. A few leading media outlets claimed a man had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pokhara, and were awaiting a confirmation from Teku, however, as per MoHP, the reports are untrue.
Disclaimer: All information relayed as said by the spokesperson of MoHP.
