Nepal reported its fifth coronavirus infection case on March 28, 2020 after a 22-year-old student with a travel history to Belgium and Qatar tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe patient is under surveillance and her health condition is said to be normal at present,\u201d said Dr Bikash Devkota, Ministry of Health and Population Spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer throat swab was brought to National Public Health Laboratory for test. The test result, which came out on March 28, 2020, showed she was COVID-19 positive,\u201d added Dr Devkota.<\/p>\n
The Belgium returnee had boarded the same flight from Qatar with the 19-year-old Nepali student from France who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Both had arrived to Nepal through a Qatar Airways\u2019 QR 652 flight on March 17.<\/p>\n
All the five coronavirus cases in Nepal are imported. Four patients are currently undergoing treatment while one has already recovered and discharged.<\/p>\n
So far, the Nepali Government tested a total of 875 coronavirus suspects, out of which 870 tested negative while 5 have come out positive for the contagion.<\/p>\n
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According to the Nepali Embassy in Canberra, eight Nepali students in Australia have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.<\/p>\n
However, the Nepali from Tasmania has already recovered and discharged.<\/p>\n
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So far, the coronavirus has spread to 199 countries and territories around the world and infected 722,350 people while claiming 33,980 lives.<\/p>\n
The USA became the new coronavirus hotspot with 142,178 infection cases and 2,484 death cases.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the coronavirus has inflicted a perilous impact on Italy by claiming 10,779 lives, the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world. Italy has reported 97,689 COVID-19 infection cases so far.<\/p>\n
However, China has almost recovered from the coronavirus outbreak. Surprisingly, the country has reported only 31 new COVID-19 infection cases in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n
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