Swab collected from 335 persons of Bhulke

Kathmandu. The swab is collected from 335 persons of Bhulke at Triyuga municipality-3 of Udayarpur district and sent to public health laboratory of Biratnagar and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, for the test.

Health Office chief in Udayapur, Mohan Subedi, informed that their team reached Bhulke, the hotspot of the coronavirus infection, and collected the swab from 335 persons including those from 55 Muslim households.

In the first round of swab test, 28 persons including 12 Indian nationals were found infected with the coronavirus. Since then, the swab collection from the people there and test has been continued for further study.