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. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa024.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa024.

Nepal's first case of COVID-19 and public health response

Ranish Shrestha  1 , Sunil Shrestha  2   3 , Pratik Khanal  4 , Bhuvan Kc  5
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Nepal's first case of COVID-19 and public health response

Ranish Shrestha et al. J Travel Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: 2019-nCov; COVID-19; Wuhan; airport screening; coronavirus; geographic spread; public health emergency of international concern.

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  • Impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Nepal.
    Sah R, Sigdel S, Ozaki A, Kotera Y, Bhandari D, Regmi P, Rabaan AA, Mehta R, Adhikari M, Roy N, Dhama K, Tanimoto T, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Dhakal R. Sah R, et al. J Travel Med. 2020 Sep 26;27(6):taaa105. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa105. J Travel Med. 2020. PMID: 32634211 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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