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 BJP claims Rahul Gandhi visited Vietnam amid voter roll row Iran says US must end pressure before talks resume Rubio says US must maintain strategic ties with Pakistan Iran rejects Uranium transfer until US meets demands Economic hardship and housing crisis drive Europe protests Nepal PM urges unity and action against corruption Top Headlines Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms1 Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month5 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative6 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 Public Relations for a Soldier Nepal Army’s Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey gets promoted to Major General Now more than ever, support the IT sector Prithivi Narayan Shah-tyrant or a builder of the nation ? Another ‘tension’ for PM Oli: Less work, more worry! Over 2,000 Nepal Police personnel infected with coronavirus Six Members Nominamted to National sports council Nine important facts about Koshi Barrage of Nepal
