Close aides of Nepali PM test positive for COVID-19


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  • Sunday, 04 Oct 2020

KATHMANDU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least five aides working at Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's personal secretariat tested positive for COVID-19, two officials at the secretariat said on Saturday.

"Prime Minister's chief advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Foreign Affairs Advisor Rajan Bhattarai, Press Advisor Surya Thapa and Chief Personal Secretary Indra Prasad Bhandari tested positive for coronavirus," Asgar Ali, information technology consultant at the Prime Minister's Office, told Xinhua.

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