Kathmandu, May 25 -- The detection of Covid-19 in patients admitted to hospital for other forms of treatment has led to a swift closure of those health facilities, putting the burden on other hospitals and placing the country's health infrastructure under more stress.

Patients admitted to at least five hospitals-four public and one private-have tested positive for Covid-19, leading to the closure of the entire hospital or some of their departments.

"If we keep shutting down hospitals after the detection of Covid-19 cases, other patients could die without getting minor treatments," Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, a virologist at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku, told the Post.

Dhulikhel Hospital in Kavrepalanchok and C...