Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital is the designated primary hospital for the treatment of COVID-19. A temporary hospital, named Bharatpur Corona Special Hospital, has been established in Chitwan District. Nepal Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu was the only laboratory capable of testing for the disease as of 15 March 2020[update]; it was capable of conducting 500 tests a week and had a stock of 1,000 viral transport media (VTM) kits for transporting samples to be tested.[28][29] It had conducted a total of 917 tests as of 29 March 2020[update].[lower-alpha 1][31]