KATHMANDU, Oct 12 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepal’s Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Girirajmani Pokharel, tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second cabinet minister to contact the virus.
“Minister Pokharel was tested positive for COVID-19,” Puran K.C., personal secretary of Minister Pokharel wrote, on his media account.
K.C. said, the minister was admitted to Kathmandu Valley-based Patan Hospital on Saturday, after developing a fever. “His swab was collected and its test confirmed infection with COVID-19, yesterday,” K.C. said.
The minister is getting treatment at an isolation ward of the hospital, according to K.C.
On Saturday, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai, confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first cabinet minister hit by the virus.
Yesterday, Nepal reported 2,071 COVID-19 new infections, making the total cases in the Himalayan country to 107,755, according to Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population.– NNN-NEPALNEWS
