Nepal's ex-royals test positive for Covid-19 after returning

Nepal's ex-royals test positive for Covid-19 after returning from religious festival in India


Former king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, 73, and his queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, 70, returned to Kathmandu on Sunday (April 18) after a week-long visit to India to celebrate Kumbh Mela.
Confirming that the couple had tested positive, the former king's press secretary Phani Raj Pathak said on Tuesday: "They are in self-isolation at (their residence) Nirmal Niwas."
Kumbh Mela attracts enormous crowds of Hindu devotees to take a ritual dip in the Ganges River.
Health experts have warned that it could turn into a "super-spreader" event as pilgrims who have mostly ignored official advice to maintain distancing return to their towns and villages all across India and abroad.

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