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All regional levels of valley, consisting of Kathmandu and Lalitpur metropolitan cities, have actually chosen to carry out polymerase chain reaction test on individuals and groups more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection.
Valley Town Forum, a joint body of the 2
cosmopolitan cities and 16 towns, held a discussion with the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration Hridayesh Tripathi yesterday and notified him about its action strategy against the spread of the fatal infection in the two cities and 16 municipalities of Kathmandu valley.
Basanta Adhikari, a joint secretary at the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, said the meeting of Minister Tripathi and VMF office-bearers dwelt on the methods forward in the continuous battle against COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of increasing cases of the disease.
VMF is represented by mayors of the worried urban cities and towns.
Its office-bearers told Minister Tripathi that they had actually already started conducting PCR tests on persons from vulnerable groups for COVID-19, executing the relief distribution programme according to the choice of the Council of Ministers and restricting motion of individuals at all the entry points of valley.
According to Adhikari, Minister Tripathi advised the VMF office-bearers to carry out the choice of conducting PCR test on susceptible groups in coordination with the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre.
Federal government authorities, consisting of KMC, had performed fast diagnostic test on 700 persons and PCR test on 334 individuals in Kalimati Fruits and Veggies Market yesterday.
Nasal, throat swabs and blood samples were collected from persons operating at the market, one of the core business locations of the valley, where countless individuals have actually been collecting each day to buy vegetables and fruits.
KMC stated fruits and vegetables providers, volunteers, sanitation employees, securities personnel, health workers and reporters will go through test.
A variation of this post appears in e-paper on May 16, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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