COVID-19 cases are increasing at an alarming rate in Nepal of late, with 10,000 new cases reported on average each day. Most of the infected people are staying in home isolation.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Population, more than 80,000 people are staying in home isolation. The government, however, is unaware of these people.
Many people, who have difficulty in breathing or have low oxygen levels, are still staying in home isolation.
The government has not reached out to the people to inquire about their health conditions.
Though the government has been chanting slogans about telemedicine, the implementation is almost zero.
“I have been staying in home isolation for the past two days. Neither the ward nor the government has said anything to me,” Ramila Pathak said.
Notwithstanding the number of Covid-19 cases are surging, the government has not conducted contract tracing of the people who came in contact with the infected persons.
In addition to that, the government has not given much attention to the people staying in home isolation.
Dr Krishna Paudel, Director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, urged the general public to contact the government’s hotline numbers 1133 and 1115 if they feel any difficulties while staying in home isolation.
