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Nepal COVID-19: Cluster Update #02 | 10 April 2020
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The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Nepal has finalized a Nepal COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan in close coordination with the Government of Nepal. Humanitarian Agencies and the UN Provincial Coordination Focal Agencies have been closely working with their respective ministries both at the federal and provincial level.
Nine people have been reported as positive for COVID-19. A first case of local transmission was confirmed on 4 April in Sudurpaschim Province, making it the ninth case of coronavirus infection in Nepal. The Government has intensified mass testing (rapid diagnostic test) for COVID-19 in Baglung, Kailali and Kanchanpur districts where the majority of the positive cases are from. Laboratories for testing COVID-19 samples have been established in all provinces. A total of ten institutions have functional laboratories to test COVID-19 through the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) method across all seven provinces. As of 8 April, a total of 2,357 suspected cases have been tested negative out of the total of 2,366 samples tested. 134 suspected patients are undergoing treatment in isolation.
#COVID19 #Sitrep #UNRCO #Sitrep2020
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Publisher:
UNRCHCO
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(2020
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Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster
in English
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Keywords:
SITUATION REPORT, COVID19, UNRCO, EPIDEMICS, HEALTH, DISEASES, QUARANTINE, VIRAL DISEASES, DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES, RESPIRATORY DISEASES
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Thematic Group:
UNRCHCO (UNRCO)
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UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Office (UN Resident Coordinator Office)
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Thesaurus:
10.03.02
- Diseases And Carriers Of Diseases
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Reference Link:
https://un.org.np/resource/covid-19-sitrep-2
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