Kathmandu, April 5 -- Rapid testing kits recently acquired from China are going to be tested today, and if found efficacious, will be rolled out for large-scale testing in Baglung, Kailali and Kanchanpur, according to government officials.

A Cabinet meeting on Saturday decided to conduct mass tests in these three districts- two from Sudurpaschim province and one from Gandaki Province, where the majority of Covid-19 cases have been reported.

"We will complete a validity test and if found acceptable, we will roll out the test kits in the three district for mass scale testing," Dr Khem Karki, advisor to Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, told the Post. "Researchers at the Nepal Health Research Council have been preparing for the test sin...