Rajbiraj, April 1
Nine persons from Rajbiraj, Saptari, who had participated in a Muslim congregation in India and returned home after secretly crossing the border have been placed in quarantine.
Police detained them from their homes and placed them in a quarantine facility set up at the local Sai Krishna Teaching Hospital today. Of those placed in quarantine, seven are from Ward No 4, while one each are from wards 3 and 7 of Rajbiraj.
Saptari Police had intensified search for those who attended the religious congregation in India following a report in Indian new media that a number of participants at the gathering had tested positive for coronavirus and that the gathering had 19 participants from Nepal.
According to District Police Office Deputy Superintendent of Police Tilak Bharati, the quarantined persons had crossed over to Nepal during the night on Sunday and Monday
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