Nepal has recorded the sixth case of coronavirus infection on Saturday.
Spokesperson at the Health Ministry Bikash Devkota confirmed the sixth infection organizing a press conference Friday afternoon. "One test done at the National Public Health Laboratory has turned positive today," Devkota stated.
The lady had come to Kathmandu from Doha on March 17 in the same flight also taken by the two women who have already tested positive, according to Devkota.
A 22-year-old woman who returned recently from Belgium via Qatar in the same flight was the fifth to be confirmed on Saturday.
A 34-year-old man who returned recently from Dubai and was undergoing treatment at the Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadi tested positive for the virus last Friday to become the fourth person to be infected with coronavirus in Nepal. That was the first case to have been recorded outside the Kathmandu Valley.
The third person, a youth who had returned from Sharjah, UAE, was confirmed March 24 midnight.
Health Minister Bhanubhakta Dhakal, organizing a press conference on March 23, had confirmed a 19-year-old student returning from France via Qatar tested positive for the coronavirus.
A man, who had returned from Wuhan, was the first to be tested positive over a month back.
