Nepal Bars Entry Of Indians After 4 Tourists Test Covid Positive

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

Nepal 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.

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.

"We have also ramped up Covid testing on Indians," said Mr Lekhak.