Nepal
Nepal: Second cabinet minister tests positive for COVID-19
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal's Minister for Education, Science and Technology Girirajmani Pokharel was tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second cabinet minister to contract with coronavirus, his personal aide said on Sunday.
"Minister Pokharel was tested positive for COVID-19," Puran KC, personal secretary of Minister Pokharel wrote on his social media account.
In a telephone interview with Xinhua, KC said the minister was admitted to Kathmandu Valley-based Patan Hospital on Saturday after developing a fever. "His swab was collected on Saturday and its test confirmed infection with coronavirus on Sunday," KC told Xinhua.
The minister has been getting treatment at an isolation ward of the hospital, according to KC.
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.
On Sunday, Nepal reported 2,071 COVID-19 new infections, as the total cases in the Himalayan country reached 107,755, according to Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population.
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