KATHMANDU: At a time when coronavirus infections are on the rise, the government has expanded the scope of testing in the Kathmandu Valley.
According to the Department of Health Services, the campaign, which began on Thursday, aims to test at least 10,000 people in the Valley.
Director General of the department Mahendra Prasad Shrestha said that the risk in Kathmandu has increased.
“Such a risk had never existed before. The virus has been transmitted from people who have entered the valley in the last 15-20 days,” he said.
The government is preparing to give priority to testing people at high risk. The list includes vegetable and milk vendors, drivers and co-drivers of fuel trucks, relief workers and journalists.
Health workers, doctors, nurses and those working in the frontlines of the security forces will also be given priority.
Shrestha said, “It started from Kalimati today. We are trying to reach all the risky places in Kathmandu by May 18.”
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