A 28-year-old female staying in a quarantine facility at Ganyapdhura Rural Municipality-2 of Dadeldhura district breathed her last today morning.

The female, along with her husband and two children (3-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter), had returned from India through the Gauriphanta border point in Dhangadhi four days ago.

The female and her family were staying in quarantine at the Raunkot-based Asigram Basic School, according to District Police Office, Dadeldhura.

A team of health workers from Dadeldhura District Hospital and police personnel have been deployed to the site to collect swab sample of the deceased female for a PCR test.

Only yesterday, a 22-year-old female breathed her last in a quarantine facility of Baitadi district.