Even the nation-wide lockdown in Nepal<\/a> seems to be ineffective in staving off the coronavirus spread.<\/p>\n Within three days after reporting the second coronavirus case, the Nepali Government has confirmed the third COVID-19 positive case on March 25, 2020.<\/p>\n According to the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) Information Officer Rajesh Kumar Gupta, the patient is undergoing treatment at the Sukraraj Tropical Infectious Hospital in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n “The man had returned to home from Qatar on March 19. He also stayed at a hotel in Kathmandu. We are trying to find out whom he met after he landed in the town,” said Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So far, the NPHL has tested 687 suspected cases, out of which 3 tested positive while the remaining have been tested negative for coronavirus.<\/p>\n[MUST READ:<\/strong> WHO Warns Nepal Over ‘Coronavirus’ – Live Updates<\/a>]\n Even though it shares most of its border with China and India, it is a bit of a mystery how Nepal has remained relatively unscathed from the deadly contagion.<\/p>\n Nepal has reported only 3 positive cases and has indeed managed to escape the worst so far.<\/p>\n It\u2019s imperative for the Nepali Government to implement stringent preventive measures without any further ado, as the nation lacks basic health facilities to cope up with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n So far, the COVID-19 has spread to 198 countries infecting 471,576 people and claiming 21,297 lives.<\/p>\n Italy became the new hotspot of the coronavirus \u2018pandemic\u2019 and has reported 74,386 infection cases and 7,503 death cases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[ALSO READ:<\/strong> What is Coronavirus and How Does it Spread?<\/a>]\n However, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, has witnessed a week of no new positive cases while the global countries have gone into lockdown.<\/p>\n So far, China has reported 81,285 infection cases and 3,287 death cases.<\/p>\n Other major affected countries-<\/strong><\/p>\n Stay tuned to NepaliSansar<\/a> for latest COVID-19 news in Nepal<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even the nation-wide lockdown in Nepal seems to be ineffective in staving off the coronavirus spread.…<\/span><\/p>\n\n