Lagatar24 Desk
Kathmandu, Dec 6: Nepal on Monday reported first two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.
A 66-year-old foreigner and another 71-year-old person who was in close contact with him tested positive for Omicron, the ministry said in a statement. However, it did not identify their nationalities.
Krishna Prasad Poudel, the spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population informed that both of them are in isolation and getting healthcare under the supervision of health workers.
The ministry had sent the samples collected from the suspected two people for gene sequencing which were identified as Omicron variant.
Earlier, in a wake of global fear of new coronavirus variant Omicron, Nepal on December 3 banned travellers from nine countries including Hong Kong.
