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Teams sent to collect 5,000 swab samples for testing for coronavirus



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Kathmandu, May 9: Teams with the required medical equipment have been mobilised to various provinces as per the plan of collecting 5,300 swabs for testing for coronavirus on a needs and priority basis.

Joint teams of the Ministry of Health and Population, the Nepali Army, the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police have been dispatched to various districts of State-1, State-2, Gandaki State and State-5 on Friday. These teams are coordinated by the COVID-19 Disaster

Management Centre of the Nepali Army. These teams have been sent with the necessary medical equipment and supplies.

The teams will collect swabs in Udayapur, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Nawalparasi Purba, Nawalparasi Paschim, Arghakhanchi, Rupandehi, Gulmi, Kapilbastu, Pyuthan, Dang, Banke and Bardiya districts of these States and send the collected swab samples by tomorrow for testing for coronavirus, in view of the COVID-19 risk.