25 April 2020, Kathmandu
World Health Organization (WHO) has updated the list of countries held risky due to coronavirus pandemic outbreak, putting Nepal from ‘Level 4’ to ‘Level 3’ in terms of COVID-19 risks.
Updating media about the progress the countries has made in COVID-19 curb attempts, Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, the Director General of Department of Health Service shared that WHO grading has put Nepal from Level 4 to Level 3 which means most risky country to Level 3 which means merely risky country to travel.
“We were in Level 4 or in the list of highly risky,” Shrestha said, “Now with the progress we made in curbing coronavirus, we are taken down to Level 3.”
Shrestha said that with the progress they have made in COVID-19 control India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives have been brought down to Level 3. In other SAARC countries Pakistan and Afghanistan are still in Level 4 and Level 5 respectively.
According to Shrestha, with the effective measures like the expansion of PCR and RDT test sphere, strict enforcement of lockdown, arrangement of isolation ward, the effective coordination with local levels etc. Nepal has managed to reduce the risk and downgrade itself up.
There have been 49 infection cases in the country till date. 12 persons have already returned home after recovery.
