MAHOTTARI: The district level COVID-19 crisis management center (CCMC) has decided to set up a 50-bed isolation ward at Pipara health post in Pipara rural municipality and a 50-bed isolation ward at Bardibas municipality.
The decision to this effect has been made following the detection of 17 coronavirus infected cases in the district headquarters, Jaleshwor on Thursday.
A meeting of the center chaired by Chief District Officer Surya Bahadur Khatri took the decision to this effect.
The center said contact tracing and mapping travel history of infected people staying in quarantine facilities would be done by health workers at local level and the district health office is required to carry out contact tracing and travel history of infected people outside quarantine facilities.
The meeting has also urged all local levels to manage a dedicated ambulance to prevent and control the infection and inform about it to the Centre.
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