DNA sample collection center in operation in flood-hit area
Summary
Nepal Police have opened a DNA sample collection center in Bidur, Nuwakot, to help identify people missing in the Bhotekoshi River flood. Families from Nuwakot and Rasuwa no longer need to travel to Kathmandu to provide samples, while 2,564 missing-person applications have been received and 192 bodies recovered so far.
Key Points
- Nepal Police set up a DNA sample collection center in Bidur, Nuwakot, for families of people missing in the Bhotekoshi River flood.
- The move is meant to spare relatives from traveling to Kathmandu to provide DNA samples.
- Police said 2,564 missing-person applications have been received in Nuwakot, and 192 bodies have been recovered so far.
- Only 18 of the recovered bodies have been identified, with DNA testing continuing.
