KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged the people to take precautions while crowding in election-focused activities as the infection of Covid-19 continues to spread. The ministry has requested one and all to reduce crowding and adopt public health protocols to avoid the infection.
Assistant spokesperson for the ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari on Tuesday said that the infection rate of Covid-19 may increase due to overcrowding in election-focused programs. He mentioned that although the rate of covid infection in the country is not high at present, there is still the risk of infection.
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He said that due to overcrowding, other types of infectious diseases are also transmitted from one person to another, so it is important to take precautions. He also asked the people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 not to go to crowded places.
Dr Adhikari also said that the infection of Covid-19 has decreased globally. He said that the situation in the country is easier than in the past. However, he made it clear that caution should be taken due to the possibility of a dangerous variant occurring when the infection persists. He said that there are currently around 600 people infected with Covid-19 in the country.
According to him, so far Nepal has received more than 60 million doses of vaccines. Of them, 55 million doses have been administered. He said that the target population for vaccination is more than 23 million and while 100 percent of them have been administered the first dose, 96 percent have been administered the second dose.
