KATHMANDU, June 24: A woman has died in Nepal due to a new variant of the coronavirus, marking the first fatality linked to the latest strain in the country.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Koshi province, the deceased was a resident of Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam. She passed away while undergoing treatment at Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar early Tuesday morning.
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She had been admitted to the hospital on Monday after experiencing breathing difficulties for about a week. Doctors confirmed she died at 6 am during treatment.
Currently, seven other individuals are receiving treatment for the same variant—four from Jhapa, two from Morang, and one from Ilam.
