KATHMANDU: A total of 14 Nepalis have died from the COVID-19 in the foreign land till date.
According to the data provided by Health Committee under the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), 8 Nepalis have died in the UK, 5 in the USA and one virus in the UAE due to coronavirus.
Similarly, 675 Non- Resident Nepalis have been infected by the pandemic virus, Chairman at Health Committee Dr Sanjeev Sapkota claimed.
Among them, more than 500 Nepalis are infected in the USA and more than 100 in the UK.
Similarly, 18 in Spain, 4 in Germany, 22 in Portugal, 9 in Australia, 10 in the UAE, 4 in Saudi Arabia, 5 in Kuwait, 1 each in Japan, Malaysia and Hongkong are diagnosed positive for the virus.
NRNA is collecting the data from the other nations as well, it said.
NRNA has collected these data with the help of Nepal’s mission, branches of NRNA and local communities.
Likewise, NRNA has also started the helpline to assist the Nepalis living away from Nepal.
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