COVID-19 infected girls gets negative result

Baglung: The 19-year-old girl from Baglung municipality-4, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Dhaulagiri Zonal hospital, has tested negative in the latest test for Corona Virus.

The girl is undergoing treatment since being diagnosed with the virus on April 7. She had returned home from Belgium via Qatar on March 17.

“The swab sample sent on Wednesday has showed negative result, will send another sample tomorrow and if the same continues she will be sent home”, said chief physician of the hospital Sailendra Pokharel.

The test came out negative in the fifth test and the sixth test has to also come negative for her to be released from the hospital. It may be noted that another 65-year-old woman, who had also returned from Belgium along with her, has returned home after recovering from COVID-19.

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