<p>Nepal's education minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel has tested positive for Covid-19 -- the second Cabinet minister to have contracted the deadly viral infection, according to media reports.</p>.<p>Pokharel, who was admitted to Patan Hospital on Saturday evening after developing mild fever, tested positive for the virus on Sunday afternoon during a PCR test, <em>MyRepublica</em> reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>His health is stable, according to a member of the minister's secretariat.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p>Pokharel is the second minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to have contracted the contagion, which has so far infected over 107,750 people and claimed 636 lives in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p>On Saturday, Nepal’s tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai announced on social media that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 and requested all those who came in his contact to be on alert.</p>.<p>According to a report in The Himalayan Times, both Bhattarai and Pokharel had attended a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday.</p>.<p>Bhattarai had also met India's Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Friday to discuss ways to promote tourism in both countries.</p>.<p>Kwatra has quarantined himself. However, his health is good and he has not developed any symptoms of infection, Indian Embassy spokesperson Abhisekh Dubey said on Sunday.</p>
<p>Nepal's education minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel has tested positive for Covid-19 -- the second Cabinet minister to have contracted the deadly viral infection, according to media reports.</p>.<p>Pokharel, who was admitted to Patan Hospital on Saturday evening after developing mild fever, tested positive for the virus on Sunday afternoon during a PCR test, <em>MyRepublica</em> reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>His health is stable, according to a member of the minister's secretariat.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p>Pokharel is the second minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to have contracted the contagion, which has so far infected over 107,750 people and claimed 636 lives in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p>On Saturday, Nepal’s tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai announced on social media that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 and requested all those who came in his contact to be on alert.</p>.<p>According to a report in The Himalayan Times, both Bhattarai and Pokharel had attended a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday.</p>.<p>Bhattarai had also met India's Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Friday to discuss ways to promote tourism in both countries.</p>.<p>Kwatra has quarantined himself. However, his health is good and he has not developed any symptoms of infection, Indian Embassy spokesperson Abhisekh Dubey said on Sunday.</p>