\u00a0second kidney transplant<\/a>\u00a0in March, it is said that his health remains fragile and is at risk of developing Covid-19.<\/p>\nBut advisers have tried to allay fears of Oli contracting the virus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have maintained distance while meeting the prime minister and we always wear masks,\u201d said Bhattarai.<\/p>\n
According to him, the Prime Minister has recently been tested for the infection.<\/p>\n
A total of 70 security personnel deployed at the Prime Minister\u2019s residence have also tested positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs per the health protocol, the Prime Minister will isolate himself but he has always maintained the health protocol. But I do not know the latest status,\u201d Bhattarai told the Post.<\/p>\n
His press adviser Thapa said that the Prime Minister\u2019s lifestyle is as if he is living in isolation but he might go for testing.<\/p>\n
But according to Dr Santa Kumar Das, coordinator of Covid-19 management team at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, the Prime Minister should stay in complete isolation if his advisers and others close to him have tested positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PM should stay in isolation until his test report comes, \u201c Das told the Post. \u201cOther people of the PM\u2019s team, who have been exposed with the people tested positive, should also isolate themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not know how much time the PM was exposed with the infected people,\u201d said Bastola, \u201cBut unless the test report comes, he should be quarantined.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bastola said that severity of the infection varies person to person and it will be wrong to say that the Prime Minister will be serious if tested positive.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister\u2019s photographer Kafle had tested positive nine days ago\u2014 the day when Oli\u2019s personal physical Dibya Singh Shah was also tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
After Kafle and Shah were found positive in separate tests, PCR tests of more than 165 people including security officers and drivers were conducted on Thursday. Some drivers, including that of press adviser Thapa, tested positive and therefore tests of advisers were conducted on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I feel like I am dying especially during the nights,\u201d said one of the officers who was tested positive for coronavirus and frequently visits Baluwatar. \u201cSuddenly it becomes difficult to breathe but after some time I feel normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The officer who frequently gets close to the prime minister to perform his duty also said he follows the prescriptions suggested by the Prime Minister\u2014 hot turmeric water mixed with several other ingredients like ginger, basil leaves, black pepper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho had imagined the advisers to the prime minister could test positive for the virus given the precautions they take and rarely get close to them,\u201d said the officer. \u201cNo one is spared no matter how high their position is.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Five close associates and aides of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday.<\/p>\n