Nepal Bars Entry Of Indians…

4 Tourists Test Covid Positive!

After 4 tourists tested Covid-19 positive in Nepal, the country has stopped the entry of people coming from India into the country after four Indian tourists tested positive for Covid and were sent back, amid a sharp surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the Himalayan nation.

The four Indian tourists had entered Nepal via the Jhulaghat border point in the Baitadi district in Western Nepal.

As per the information given by Bipin Lekhak, Information officer at the Health Office in Baitadi, said the four Indian nationals tested positive for Covid and were told to return to India.

Baitadi district is at high risk as it shares a border with neighboring India. Currently, there are 31 active cases of coronavirus in Baitadi where not even a single case had been reported until three weeks ago.

India's tally of Covid cases rose to 4,41,74,650 after 12,751 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Population ,Nepal is currently witnessing a rapid increase in Covid cases with 1,090 new infections recorded across the country.