KATHMANDU, Nov. 30 -- In a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 from hotspots, the government has started rapid antigen testing in several hotspots of the Kathmandu Valley from Monday.

The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has started antigen testing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City and claimed the new method of testing is more "sensitive" than the traditional PCR method.

According to Dr Basudev Pandey, director at the EDCD, the new method provides COVID-19 results within half an hour. "In the first phase, the EDCD has started testing in KMC. This method will be introduced throughout the country in the second phase," he said.

On Monday, the EDCD is performing antigen tests on 500 people in hotspots of the metropolis. "The te...