Sunsari, March 14 -- A fever patient suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus has returned home from the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan after refusing to stay in the isolation ward.

The man from Rangeli in Morang district had visited Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar after suffering from cold, cough and fever. He was referred to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences on Saturday after the health workers suspected of possible Covid-19 infection.

Doctors under the Coronavirus Rapid Response Committee formed by the BP Koirala Insititute of Health Sciences urged the man to stay in the isolation ward, but he refused.

"The man refused to stay at the hospital and returned home. He told us that he took a passen...