Kudos to Dr. Runa Jha
Runa Jha, a senior doctor from Nepal, was on Saturday named amongst
the United Nation's list of top five women to have stood on the front
lines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a statement issued
by the world body said.
Jha, who is the chief pathologist and director of Kathmandu-based
National Public Health Laboratory, along with her team is testing
roughly 70 samples a day, which arrive at irregular intervals and make
for around-the-clock work.
"Dr Runa Jha is the chief pathologist and director of the only
laboratory authorised to conduct COVID-19 testing in Nepal, UN Women,
the global body's entity for gender equality and the empowerment of
women, mentioned on its website.
The deadly coronavirus, which broke out in China's Hubei
province, has so far infected 3,366,714 people worldwide and claimed the
lives of 239,345, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus
Resource Centre.
Nepal is among the nations that has the least cases of coronavirus and has so far reported only 59 confirmed infections.
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