Woman tests positive for fifth time

9 May Bharatpur : A 63-year-old woman undergoing treatment of Corona Virus at Bharatpur hospital has tested positive for the fifth time. The test carried out at the National Public Health Laboratory, Kathmandu gave positive result, said information officer Liladhar Poudel.

The result was received today. She is undergoing treatment since April 15, after being found positive to a RDT test. A PCR test carried out on her and her two sons found her and one of the sons positive. The 27-year-old infected son has already recovered and discharged from hospital.

They had returned to Nepal from the UK via Hong Kong in mid-March. A resident of Rapti municipality-8, they had reached home via Kathmandu.

Meanwhile, 46 more samples are being tested for Corona Virus at the COVID-19 laboratory in Bharatpur.