KATHMANDU — Nepal’s former king and queen have tested positive for Covid-19 on their return from an Indian religious festival attended by millions of pilgrims.
Former king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, 73, and his queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, 70, returned to Kathmandu on Sunday after a week-long visit to India to celebrate Kumbh Mela.
Shah’s press secretary Phani Raj Pathak confirmed the couple had tested positive.
“They are in self-isolation at Nirmal Niwas,” he said in a statement Tuesday evening, referring to their residence.
Kumbh Mela attracts enormous crowds of Hindu devotees to take a ritual dip in the Ganges River.
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