Birgunj, April 27
Health authorities in Birgunj city of Province 2 have collected swab samples from 33 persons who were found to have been in contact with a recently infected person.
Recently, cleaning worker of the city has been infected with the novel coronavirus. Now, the 33 persons in his contact will undergo the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, according to Parsa District Public Health Office.
Those undergoing the test include seven family members, some people’s elected representatives, and some employees of the metropolitan city.
“After the confirmation of the infection, the family members have been quarantined at home. They, we identified the contacts based on the patient’s travel history and collected their throat swabs and sent them to Kathmandu,” a public health inspector, Jayamod Thakur, says.
Meanwhile, the contract tracing is still underway.
