The government has urged the people infected with Covid-19 to stay in isolation for seven days. Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, joint spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the isolation for seven days is mandatory if one has fever and breathing complications. In case of asymptomatic infection, isolation is not mandatory, he said.

Likewise, a person who has already spent five days or more than five days in isolation and has no fever in the past 24 hours does not have to stay in isolation.

Any infected upon the completion of the seven-day isolation is recommended for maintaining physical distance with others for some days and those in isolation are urged to use a well-ventilated separate room and a separate toilet as much as possible, to wear a mask appropriately and manage it properly after use and to wash hands time and again with soap and water. The cases of COVID-19 are soaring lately. On Tuesday, Nepal reported 171 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths. As of today, there are 397 active cases in the country, the Ministry of Health and Population said.