Damak Municipality expedites Covid-19 tests after a case was reported in the eastern town
Damak, April 27 -- Damak Municipality on Sunday collected samples of 74 people from three of its wards to test for Covid-19, as two people in Jhapa district tested positive for the disease. The throat and nasal swabs of 44 people out of the 74 have been collected for testing through Polymerase Chain Reaction method.
Four medical teams from Damak Hospital led by Dr Khadka Lal Limbu collected the samples from ward no 3, 6 and 9 of the municipality.
The municipality decided to contact trace and expedite testing after the Health Ministry on Friday confirmed that a 62-year-old man from Damak Ward No. 3 had tested positive for Covid-19. The ward has been under lockdown following the positive case.
According to health officials, the patient i...
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