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Gagan Thapa alarmed by coronavirus test, contact tracing



KATHMANDU: Youth leader and lawmaker of the main opposition party Nepali Congress, Gagan Thapa has warned of horrible impacts of coronavirus pandemic provided the current trend of treatment is not corrected.

In his tweet of Thursday night, Former Health Minister Thapa said that he is alarmed at the way the coronavirus test and contact tracing was handled these days.

“I have followed the government’s way of coronavirus test and contact tracing in Kapan, Naxal and Maitidevi of my constituency,” lawmaker Thapa tweeted, “I am shocked to see the pace and method of test and contact tracing there.”

He demanded the government to improve the slackness in coronavirus test and the contact tracing and warned of dire consequences of the pandemic if not handled seriously.

Thapa complained that his remarks on the issue were overlooked by the incumbent Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal.

Publish Date : 22 May 2020 16:54 PM

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