(MENAFN)
A health official of the ministry of health and population of Nepal said that two more coronavirus cases were confrimed in the country on Monday, increasing the total number of coronavirus infected patients in the country to 14.
Spokesperson at the ministry, Bikas Devkota, said that "a 65-year-old woman, who was in quarantine at Lamki Chuha Municipality in far-western Kailali district and a 19-year old boy who was in a quarantine centre at southeastern Rautahat district, have been tested positive".
The patients were diagnosed with the virus after tests were performed on their specimen samples at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu.
The official said that government officials have began an investigaiton into the 65 years old case, and contact tracing started for the patient after she was diagnosed with the virus, the official said that "the infected 19-year old boy has also been taken to the hospital from the quarantine centre".
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