First Doctor to test Positive for Covid-19

A doctor working in the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division of the Department of Health Services tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, becoming the first doctor to contract the disease in Nepal.

He is a resident of Lalitpur and had visited the Tarai region for tracing contacts of COVID patients in the region. 

Generally, a team of EDCD go-to hotspots for reporting, sharing information, contact tracing 

for COVID -19.

 The infected doctor has been admitted to the isolation ward at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.