GAIGHAT: Udayapur District Administration Office has sealed off the settlement where 12 persons who tested positive for the coronavirus infection had been staying.
Eleven Indian nationals and one Nepali who had been staying in a mosque at Bhulke, Triyuga Municipality-3 in the district tested positive for the COVID-19.
According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Bir Bahadur Budhamagar at Udayapur District Police Office, they might have contracted coronavirus as they had taken part in a religious congregation in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi India last month.
The preliminary investigation shows that the Indian nationals had arrived in Nepal to take part in Izti, an Islamic religious function that was held in Jagar, Bodebarsain Municipality-5, Saptari district from February 15 to 17.
It has also been reported that the Indian nationals did not return home after that. They visited Morang, Sunsari, and Saptari districts before arriving in Bhulke, police informed.
Meanwhile, Spokesperson for Province 1 government, Hikmat Karki, informed that 1,000 test kits and medical equipment will be sent to the area on a helicopter for conduct
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