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Contact tracing comes to a halt in Kathmandu; Private laboratories flourish

As the Kathmandu Valley turns into a COVID-19 hotspot, the Teku-based National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has stopped testing swab samples collected through contact tracing among Kathmandu residents citing violation of government-set criteria. NPHL stopped testing swab samples collected through contact tracing by the local level governments in Kathmandu after the Ministry of Health and […]

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Government training students, teachers, volunteers for contact tracing

The Ministry of Health and Population is all set to train female community health volunteers, youth volunteers, college students, and teachers for contact tracing of Covid-19 positive persons. While the central level training for the same has already been completed, provincial level training is all set to kick off. Health officers of all seven provinces

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NATTA to help government in contact tracing

The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has promised to help the Nepal government in identifying remaining passengers who arrived into Nepal via the same flight(s) with those diagnosed with coronavirus. The have also said they will send them to concerned hospitals. Nepal has diagnosed five cases of coronavirus as of yet –

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Implementing contact tracing guidelines WHO prepared for Ebola can help reduce COVID-19 outbreak

World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015 had prepared an emergency guideline about “Implementation and management of contact tracing for Ebola virus disease”. Its model, or at least several aspects of it, can be adapted towards helping reduce the outbreak of COVID-19. The contact tracing process allows identification of people who have symptoms. Prompt isolation reduces

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Contact tracing comes to a halt in Kathmandu; Private laboratories flourish

Government training students, teachers, volunteers for contact tracing

NATTA to help government in contact tracing

Implementing contact tracing guidelines WHO prepared for Ebola can help reduce COVID-19 outbreak

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