Dhangadhi man recovers from coronavirus infection, discharged today

DHANGADHI: One of the five COVID-19 positive persons undergoing treatment at the Seti Provincial Hospital in Kailali district has been discharged today on testing negative for coronavirus for the second time.

The 21-year-old youth from Lamkichuha Municipality, who had recently returned from India, recovered fully after staying in the hospital for 16 days.

The hospital decided to discharge the patient after his second and third test for Covid-19 came out negative, informed Dr Jagadish Joshi, Chief of Emergency Department at the Seti Hospital.

All four — 34-year-old youth from Dhangadhi and his 34-year-old relative; 41-year-old man from Bedkot, Kanchanpur; and 65 year-old woman from Lamkichuha — tested positive this time too.