KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shyam Lal Gyawali, who is the chief of Metropolitan Police Range Office, Kathmandu, has started staying at home quarantine after a police inspector at his office tested positive for COVID-19.
Gyawali is tested positive for the virus as the number of police personnel infected with the virus has witnessed a sharp rise in recent days in Kathmandu Valley. Gyawali will continue to perform his duty while staying at home in isolation for the next two weeks.
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The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Kathmandu Valley despite a three-week long prohibitory order to curb further spread of COVID-19 has made people apprehensive that Kathmandu Valley could grow as a new hotspot of infection of this virus.
As of Wednesday morning, 58 individuals have already succumbed to COVID-19 in Valley. Front line workers like security personnel, health workers and journalists are most vulnerable during this pandemic.
