Good News!<\/strong><\/p>\n The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the \u2018COVID-19 testing capacity<\/strong>\u2019 of the Nepali National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) is authentic and adequate.<\/p>\n The review of the NPHL laboratories by the WHO representatives comes on the heels of the request of Dr Jonathan Ashcroft, Deputy Lead Microbiologist, UK Public Health Rapid Support Team.<\/p>\n The WHO team revived the NPHL from March 13 – 21, 2020 and found that it is well equipped to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and the concerned NPHL team is highly skilled to conduct a molecular diagnosis of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreover, the WHO said that the procedures followed by the NPHL are satisfactory and the results are accurately interpreted and reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n However, Dr Jonathan advised the NPHL to establish additional COVID-19 testing facilities and upgrade the existing labs with the capacity to test for coronavirus.<\/p>\n He also recommended that the NPHL should be the sole provider of the COVID-19 diagnostic tests in Nepal in a bid to maintain consistency and quality.<\/p>\n So far, Nepal has reported only 2 coronavirus infection cases<\/a> and the first case has already recovered.<\/p>\n However, the Nepali Government has been implementing stringent measures as the country lacks enough healthcare facilities to tackle the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Good News! The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the \u2018COVID-19 testing capacity\u2019 of the…<\/span><\/p>\nLive Updates on ‘Coronavirus’:<\/h2>\n
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