KATHMANDU, May 2: JICA Alumni Association of Nepal (JAAN) on Friday hosted an online seminar on the impact of COVID-19 and measures to tackle it.

Presenting his paper, director of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Department of Health Services, Basudev Pandey, shared the measures adopted by the Nepal government to prevent and contain novel coronavirus pandemic. "I urge one and all not to run after rumors and strictly follow the instructions made by the government at this hour of crisis," he said.

Kiran Rupakheti, a joint secretary at the National Planning Commission said that the commission is currently studying the impact of coronavirus on the country's economic. "The government will take necessary steps to overcome the challenges in the days to come," he said.

Lifetime member of the JAAN and secretary of the government Khagaraj Baral said that Nepal has been able to successfully mitigate the impact of coronavirus as the government enforced required measures on time.

Former secretary of the government and lifetime member of JAAN Narayan Gopal Malego, Yumiko Asakuma, the chief representative for JICA Nepal Office, said the online seminar was productive in terms of providing latest updates on COVID-19. Ram Chandra Bhusal, the chairperson of JAAN, said that the organization will also hold similar programs in coming days.

 
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