Surkhet/dailekh, May 19 -- On Monday, Karnali province reported its first case of Covid-19. A 35-year-old man, who returned to his home in Aathbis Municipality Ward No. 1, Dailekh, from Mahendranagar a week ago tested positive for the virus.

The infected individual is learnt to have stayed at Banbasa quarantine facility along the Nepal-India border for 45 days.

According to Parwa Singh Bishwokarma, the ward chairman of Aathbis Municipality Ward No. 1, the man was among the 39 rescued by Aathbis municipality from Banbasa on May 13.

"Swab samples of the 39 individuals were collected after they were sent to the facility," said Bishwokarma. "The 38 others tested negative when tested using the polymerase chain reaction method at the Coronav...