Kuwait-returnee tests positive for COVID-19

Published On: June 15, 2020 07:30 AM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


KATHMANDU, June 15: A woman, who was admitted to the isolation ward of the Kathmandu-based Teku Hospital, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

The 36-year-old woman had come to Nepal through a repatriation flight from Kuwait on June 11.

“The patient was admitted to the hospital a few hours after arriving in Nepal as she was showing coronavirus symptoms. She was kept in a holding centre after arriving in Nepal,” Dr Anup Baskota of Teku Hospital, told Republica Online.

A total of 102 Nepali citizens had come to Nepal through a repatriation flight on June 11. 

Currently, five COVID-19 patients are admitted at the isolation ward of the hospital.  


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