April 2020

As of 22 April 2020, Nepal has confirmed 45 cases of COVID-19 disease, 7 of them have been recovered. Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital is the designated primary hospital for the treatment of COVID-19; isolation wards, makeshift hospitals and quarantine centres have been established throughout the country.

Nepal Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu was the only laboratory capable of testing for the disease as of 15 March 2020; laboratory capabilities were later expanded to other major cities…