Nepal bars entry of Indian tourists after 4 Indians test Covid positive

August 09, 2022 19:18

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Nepal has stopped the entry of people coming from India into the country after four Indian tourists tested positive for COVID-19 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.

Bipin Lekhak, information officer at the health office in Baitadi, said the four Indian nationals tested positive for COVID-19 and were told to return to India.

"We have also ramped up COVID-19 testing on Indians," said Lekhak. Many Nepali citizens who returned from India have tested positive for COVID-19, he said, adding that the officials have halted the entry of Indian tourists into Nepal due to a spike in infections.

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-19 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. -- PTI

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