Biratnagar, April 25
After the number of coronavirus positive cases has been found increasing steadily, the Province 1 government has decided to expand the range of tests, of both types, namely polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid diagnostic test (RDT).
The province’s Minister for Social Development, Jeevan Ghimire, says the provincial government is identifying the places with high infection rates and testing all the suspected people there. Ghimire says the absence of symptoms of infection in the patients has made the tests tricky.
Besides over two dozen Covid-19 patients in Udayapur, one each coronavirus positive case has been found in Bhojpur and Jhapa districts of the province.
So far, 906 people have undergone the PCR test in the province whereas 4,160 the RDT.
