Thursday, October 1, 2020

SC orders for free PCR test for Covid-19

Kathmandu, 2 October: The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus order in the name of the Ministry of Health and Population to conduct PCR test for Covid-19 free of cost to save people’s lives from the pandemic. The joint bench of Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Tanka Bahadur Moktan issued the mandamus.

In recognition of primary healthcare services as the fundamental rights of the citizens as envisaged in the Constitution of Nepal, the apex court of the country ordered the Ministry to arrange free PCR test for the people.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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