The number of people living under quarantine in Saptari district has reached 122. The Health Office said that a total of 122 individuals including eight women returned from abroad have been kept under quarantine for the fear of COVID-19.

As the officials search for the foreign returnees as part of precaution for the control and treatment of coronavirus, the number of quarantined people has increased.

The number of India returnees is high thanks to the open border between Nepal and India.

Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality and Rajbiraj Municipality have kept equal 12 individuals under their quarantines while 13 in Chhinamasta Rural Municipality, 15 in Agnisair Krishna Sawaran Rural Municipality and six in Rupani Rural Municipality.