Kathmandu, June 27 -- At a time when most of the Covid-19 tests are being performed on suspects placed in quarantine facilities across the country, public health experts have stressed tests in communities too, especially those which are highly vulnerable.

They said that the Covid-19 epidemic has not yet started in Nepal and performing tests only on people placed in quarantine does not help prevent the looming public health threat.

Those who have tested positive for Covid-19 so far do not represent the real situation of the pandemic in Nepal, Dr Anup Bastola, spokesperson for the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, told the Post.

"Almost all the people who have tested positive had returned from abroad and were placed in q...