According to the Ministry of Health and Population, on 2 April, a person was found positive with COVID-19 which makes it a total of six patients nationwide.
According to the District Representative of Baglung; Srijana Pant, a 65-year old woman was found positive with COVID- 19. She was one of the travellers of Qatar Airlines flight- QR652. She has returned from Belgium. After coming back, she was on self-quarantine and now she is being brought to the hospital.
According to the District Representative of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat- Susta East); Tirtha Raj Dumre, in total 807 people were returning from abroad and out of then 66 are kept in quarantine in different places. There are 749 quarantine beds available in this district. But still, the remaining others are in their native homes.
Majority of the beds are in Devchuli Municipality; they have a quarantine home with 400 beds. Kawasoti Municipality has 100, Gaidakot has 36, Madhyabindu Municipality has 126, Baidakali Municipality has 62, Hupsekot has 13 and Binayitribeni Rural Municipality has 12 bedded quarantine homes.
According to the District Representative of Gorkha; Hari Ram Uprety, three men are kept in quarantine after they returned from India. They were rescued from the Belhiya Border after the coordination of the Administration. They are kept in quarantine at Bal Jyoti Primary School of Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality- 2. In the entire Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality, 53 people had returned from abroad and are on home quarantine. Three suspects of COVID-19 (1 woman and two men) were found negative in their tests.
Previously, a 10-year-old girl’s swab was sent for test and it resulted negative. To control Coronavirus, Siranchowk Rural Municipality has established ‘Corona Response Group’ which has been awaring people about Corona through micing. This group also monitors the ones returning home and sees if they are maintaining home quarantine or not.
Ambulances were used for transporting people instead of patients; hence the policemen have started monitoring the ambulances too from 2 April. Ambulance drivers are afraid of carrying patients with fever. They are being warned for not carrying anyone except their family members.
According to the District Representative of Kaski, Sushan Ghimire, lockdown is completed implemented in this district. Till 3 April, 22 people have dialled the hotline of Hello Doctor- 1092 and took its service. 16 people are staying in the quarantine at the Agriculture Training Centre of Malepatan from the past 8 days. In Kaski, there have been 26 swab tests out of which 20 tests are negative and six reports are pending. The local levels have made it compulsory to give a test before entering the district. They have established a health desk.
According to the District Representative of Parbat, Santosh Thapa, today there weren’t anyone with a swab test. The ones visiting the 52 fever clinics were directly taken to Parbat Hospital for treatment. The local level is actively involved in uniformly distributing relief package. The media organizations without a permit are being provided with one by the District Administration Office.
According to the District Representative of Myagdi, Amrit Baskune, one swab has gone for the test.
According to the District Representative of Tanahu, Prakash Chandra Bhattarai, all the 10 local levels, and their 85 wards have formed a response team against Coronavirus. They are collecting data on the people who have returned from abroad and monitoring their health condition.
According to the data collected in Tanahu, there are a total of 687 people returning from countries like India, Dubai, Qatar, Malaysia and other European countries. These people were told to stay in quarantine for 14 days but this hasn’t not been effectively implemented. Out of 687 people, only two of them are staying in quarantine of Byas Municipality-5.
Likewise, it is seen that people are negligent in obeying lockdown and following social distancing. People have started gathering with an excuse of buying vegetables, hence the ward office has close the vegetable market. They are providing basic vegetables through doorstep delivery service.
According to the District Representative of Lamjung, Dal Bahadur Majakoti, four swabs are sent to Pokhara for the test. Dordi Rural Municipality has rescued 19 labourers involved in the reconstruction work. They were rescued after there was a shortage of food grains. These labourers belong to Rukum. The Rural Municipality has provided them with staple food materials after the lockdown began.