Nepalis in South Korea safe from COVID-19

The number of foreign nationals infected with COVID-19 has crossed 60, according to information provided by the Korean government. No Nepali nationals figures in this list.

The highest number of infected includes Chinese nationals. Thirty-eight Chinese living in South Korea have coronavirus infection followed by seven Americans. Similarly, two Vietnamese, two Mongolians, two Thais, two Australians, and two Argentines are infected by COVID-19.

“So far no Nepali living in South Korea has been infected by COVID-19,” said Dilliram Bastola, labor attache at the Embassy of Nepal in South Korea.

Seventy-five people have succumbed to COVID-19 in South Korea and 8,162 people are infected by the pandemic.