Kathmandu, Jan. 23 -- Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has decided to provide training to health workers serving at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku to deal with patients infected with a new strain of coronavirus.

The decision of the division comes amid heightened risks of transmission of the deadly virus.

"We will provide precautionary training to all health workers, including doctors serving at the Teku hospital, tomorrow," Dr Hemanta Chandra Ojha, an official at the division, told the Post on Wednesday. "Doctors and health workers of other hospitals- Patan Hospital, hospitals of security agencies- Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police-will also receive the training."

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