Health experts urge people not to come out from home except for essential work

KATHMANDU: Public health experts have suggested the people not to come out except for essentials work as there is still the risk of COVID-19 infection.

The specialists suggested the general people not to come out from home, saying there is still a risk of coronavirus infection as COVID-19 infection has spread at community-level in India and Nepal has also lifted the lockdown.

Joint-Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, urged the people to adopt precaution as the risk of coronavirus infection has increased with the end of lockdown.

He asked people to come out from the house only after adopting health criteria prepared by COVID-19 if it is urgent.

Dr. Adhikari urged people to use masks, sanitizers and maintain social distance while coming out from home. The government had ended the four-month-long lockdown from July 21 midnight.

Similarly, Executive Director at the Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Dr. Sagar Rajbhandari, shared there is a risk of coronavirus infection as people have started returning from abroad as well as people, went in their home town during the lockdown, have started returning in Kathmandu Valley.

Dr. Rajbhandari added one should not go in the crowd and gathering to protect himself/herself from coronavirus infection.

He also urged one and all to use masks, sanitizers and maintain social distance.