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Kathmandu, January 28

A patient suspected of coronavirus infection, admitted at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, was discharged from the hospital today. The patient was discharged after coronavirus test reports provided by the National Public Health Laboratory turned out negative.

“From among the four samples tested for coronavirus infection in the laboratory all of them turned out negative,” said Dr Runa Jha.

NPHL had started testing coronavirus in its laboratory from Monday. The laboratory had borrowed reagents for comprehensive tests of the virus from the Centre for Molecular Dynamics Nepal.

Though the patients have been currently discharged from the hospital, there are chances of some others contacting the disease as the disease is spreading globally. Nepal has also reported a confirmed case of coronavirus on January 24.

A 32-year-old Nepali student, who had recently returned from the Chinese city of  Wuhan where it is believed the disease first originated, tested positive for coronavirus.

The doctors, therefore, have warned those who have returned from Wuhan and have symptoms of respiratory illnesses, muscle pain, fever and similar other influenza like symptoms to immediately visit the hospital. “We request people with influenza like illness and have returned from Wuhan to immediately come to our hospital,” said Dr Anup Bastola, Spokesp

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