गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Politics ∕ Home Minister’s COVID-19 test report negative Politics Home Minister’s COVID-19 test report negative KathmanduPati August 08, 2020 File photo Kathmandu- The coronavirus test report of Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has come negative. The Minister and security and political advisors to him have tested negative for the virus, according to his press advisor Kiran Bhattarai. The tests followed on the basis of contact tracing after State-2 minister for internal affairs Gyanendra Kumar Yadav tested positive for the virus. The Minister had close contact with the State’s minister who had been earlier in Kathmandu and on July 29 attended a programme along with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the Home Minister. After five days of the meeting, the State’s minister was found contracting the virus. People coming in close contact with the State’s minister including the Home Minister were included in the testing. Home Minister’s throat swab was collected on Thursday. Minister’s security advisor Dr Indrajeet Rai and political advisor Surya Subedi have also tested negative. Prior to this, the test reports of Prime Minister Oli and other senior officials who were present in the same programme with the State’s minister also came negative. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal MP questions ambassador vacancies ahead of PM’s US trip Indian Ambassador Srivastava holds farewell meeting with Foreign Minister Nepal thanks India for swift flood relief support Nepal, UAE begin formal talks on tax treaty NATO jets down drone inside Lithuanian airspace ‘Old baggage’ does not include Nepal’s sovereignty, borders: FM Khanal 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 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested8 TRENDING Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Asheem Man Singh Basnyat: We can evolve as a company to better suit a post-covid world Five hand sanitizers manufacturers using hazardous chemical to face action Green recovery: An urgency International Sign Language Day: three headways of Nepali Sign Language in State-1 Indian Army Chief General Naravane to visit Nepal in November Dhakal elected FNCCI senior Vice-chair Confusion in Nepali Congress: who will become the party’s president?
