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Nepal COVID-19: Cluster Update #02 | 10 April 2020
Abstract:
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
Publisher: UNRCHCO Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster  in  English
Keywords:
SITUATION REPORT, COVID19, UNRCO, EPIDEMICS, HEALTH, DISEASES, QUARANTINE, VIRAL DISEASES, DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES, RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Thematic Group:
UNRCHCO (UNRCO), (2020)
Thesaurus:
10.03.02 - Diseases And Carriers Of Diseases
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Nepal COVID-19: Cluster Update #02 | 10 April 2020
Abstract:
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 #Siterep #UNRCO #siterep2020
Publisher: UNRCHCO Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster  in  English
Keywords:
SITUATION REPORT, COVID19, UNRCO, EPIDEMICS, HEALTH, DISEASES, QUARANTINE, VIRAL DISEASES, DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES, RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Thematic Group:
UNRCHCO (UNRCO), (2020)
Thesaurus:
10.03.02 - Diseases And Carriers Of Diseases
PDF | File Size: 314 KB   Download
Feeder: SAUJAN GYAWALI@GMAIL COM, Editor: , Auditor:
...