गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ 16 APF personnel diagnosed with coronavirus in Pokhara Nepal 16 APF personnel diagnosed with coronavirus in Pokhara KathmanduPati August 20, 2020 Pokhara- A statement issued by the state health directorate of Pokhara on Wednesday evening has confirmed the coronavirus in 16 police officers of the Armed Police Force based in the battalion at Pokhara Metropolitan City-7. The tests were conducted at the tuberculosis center. The police personnel had been posted to Syangja from Pokhara last month after a case was detected in the police station at the District Police Office, Syangja. 16 out of 29 PCR tests were confirmed positive, informed Harilal Acharya, an official at the Pokhara Metropolitan Health Division. Similarly, the directorate has also informed that eight positive cases have been confirmed in Baglung of Gandaki Province. With this, the number of infected people has reached 1,812 in the province of Gandaki. Write your comments RELATED NEWS PM Shah expresses commitment to making police organization capable Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Flood sweeps away six bridges, 10 people missing Flood sweeps away 35 homes in riverside villages Flash flood sweeps away riverside bazaar and hydropower camp Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING ANM and Lab Assistant trainings to no longer be provided in Nepal, task force created for solution Indian intelligence agency RAW’s chief Goel arrives in Nepal Politics Are Keeping the UN From Protecting Children : Karin Landgren Lessons from Spanish Flu and SARS for COVID-19 Preparation underway to open religious shrines from October 17: Minister Bhattarai APF sets up border outpost at Rupal in Dadeldhura district CPN Secretariat meeting postponed due to coronavirus Sapana Pradhan Malla replaces Hari Krishna Karki as a member in Constitutional Bench