ROLPA, May 18: People here in the district are afraid of an increased risk of the spread of the coronavirus infection as family members themselves have started managing the bodies of their dear ones who died of COVID-19 of late.

DAILEKH, May 18: Nine people of the same community died of the coronavirus disease at Gauri in Dullu Municipality-12, Dailekh.

According to Johns Hopkins University, Brazil is the second most affected country in the world after the United States. While more than 1.8 million people have been infected so far, the number of deaths due to the infection has exceeded 70,000.