New Delhi (NVI): A woman in Kailali, who tested negative on Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) after a 15-day quarantine, has now been tested positive with COVID-19 infection, according to Nepal media report.
The woman was put in a quarantine facility at Lamki Multiple Campus in Lamkichuha Municipality-1 of Kailali district over 15 days ago, after she reached there from Birgunj in a group of 17.
After completion of the quarantine period, RDT was carried out on all the returnees and they were sent home. At the same time, their throat swabs and blood samples were collected for further tests.
As per health ministry official, her final test results have come out positive for the novel coronavirus.
Meanwhile, after being sent back from quarantine, the woman was known to have been living with her relatives.
On suspicion that she might have contracted COVID-19, she was sent to Dhangadhi-based Seti Provincial Hospital from Lamkichuha for treatment, this morning, according to media report.
Now, she will be kept in isolation at the health facility, where there already are four patients of COVID-19 currently receiving treatment.
With this the total number of positive COVID-19 infection in the country has reached 13.
In addition to this, there are 12 active cases of coronavirus in Nepal and 1 recovered.
