Highlights from Health Ministry’s regular briefing on COVID-19 response

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates from across the country on government’s response on Covid-19 crisis.

A screenshot of latest update on COVID-19 situation in Nepal taken on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
A screenshot of latest update on COVID-19 situation in Nepal taken on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

As of today, 78,591 tests — including 18,964 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method and 59,627 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) — have been carried out, where 2,236 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours.

At present, there are 12,785 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country.