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Energy Minister Pun in home isolation after bodyguard tested positive for Covid-19

KathmanduPati September 19, 2020

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KATHMANDU: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun ‘Ananta’, is remaining in home isolation after his bodyguard (security guard) tested positive for Covid-19.

Though Energy Minister Pun’s tested negative, he will self-isolate at his home for five days, according to his press coordinator Daya Nidhi Bhatta.

His security guard was found to be infected with coronavirus following the swab tests of 29 employees including the Energy Minister Pun at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.