TANAHUN: Internal Affairs Minister of Gandaki state, Hari Bahadur Chuman, has directed the bodies concerned to find out the place for the expansion of isolation ward in the district.

Minister Chuman after carrying out the onsite visit of GP Koirala Respiratory Treatment Centre at Shuklagandaki municipality and isolation ward of Damauli hospital asked the Chief District Officer of Tanahu to pay attention to it, saying it is necessary to establish more isolation wards in the district.

Stating that coronavirus infected people have been compelled to stay in quarantine in lack of isolation ward, he stressed that constructing a sufficient number of isolation wards was the need of the hour.

The Internal Affairs Minister further said that the state government would bear all the expenditure of the construction of the isolation wards.

On the occasion, Chief District Officer, Badrinath Adhikari, shared that they have been searching the place in order to expand the isolation wards in the district. Coronavirus has been confirmed on 91 people of nine local levels of the district.