Chitwan, April 4
The National Avian Disease Investigation Laboratory in Bharatpur of Chitwan is preparing to conduct tests for the coronavirus from Saturday.
With this, it will be possible to conduct tests in Bharatpur itself. Currently, Bharatpur Hospital, running as a temporary coronavirus-special hospital, is collecting and sending swab samples to Central Laboratory in Kathmandu, on a daily basis.
According to Bharatpur Mayor Renu Dahal, even if the tests are to be conducted at the laboratory now, the tests will soon be conducted in the Bharatpur Hospital in a few months.
The laboratory was brought into operation by Dr Madan Pandey of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital and Dr Brijesh Jha of Chitwan Medical College upon the initiation of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
A technical team from the Ministry of Health had gone to Chitwan on Wednesday and surveyed the laboratory for its eligibility. It had also inspected two laboratories of Agriculture and Forestry University at Rampur and one laboratory of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital.
Butwal of Rupandehi is also preparing to conducts coronavirus tests, informs the ministry.
