Surkhet, June 22 -- Three people who had visited the emergency unit of the Surkhet-based Karnali Provincial Hospital a week ago have tested positive for Covid-19. They are neither returnees from India nor have they stayed in any quarantine facility. Following the report of the positive cases, the hospital had sealed its emergency unit for some time. The three infected are now in isolation while the health workers who were involved in their treatment have been quarantined.

Covid-19 infections, which were limited to quarantine facilities until a few weeks ago, have now entered the community transmission stage in Karnali Province. The authorities concerned have been unable to focus on contact tracing and collection of swabs for laboratory t...