PM Deuba tests negative for COVID-19

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has tested negative to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 

PMDeuba, who was in isolation after CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson, Pushpa Kamal Dahal tested positive underwent RT-PCR test on Monday. “The report today gave a negative result,” according to PM Deuba's Secretariat.

Dahal had tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.

Similarly, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Paudel, tested positive for coronavirus. His health is normal and is in home isolation, according to Paudel's Secretariat.