INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli delivered a special address to the nation today at 6:00 pm.
PM Oli in his speech urged the citizens
to make necessary changes in their daily lives incorporating precautionary measures such as regular hand washing, avoiding social
gatherings, maintaining a safe distance during conversations, stay home, avoid hoarding necessary items.
T&suggestions, information, consult
with health professionals and follow their advice&, PM Oli stressed on the need to communicate in his speech.
&Nepalis returning home from
COVID-19 affected countries are to remain in self-isolation for 14-days to protect their families and others.&
PM Oli expressed optimism
that the citizens would act responsibly in this collective fight against the global epidemic.
&The government has made necessary
arrangements for effective mobilisation of highly motivated and dedicated health professionals and security personnel and others fighting
from the frontline& PM Oli shared.
The PM has encouraged working from home culture for most of private sector employees
However, government officials are required to carry out their duties from their respective offices, for the time being.
Anyone involved in
creating artificial scarcity in necessary items and black-marketing would be booked and stern actions would be taken as per the existing
laws, PM Oli warned.
As the financial sector is crumbling due to coronavirus scare, the government will come up with special programmes to
address the issues as per recommendations made by the Ministry of Finance which is closely monitoring the situation, added the PM.
The Prime
Minister assured that the government is aware of the impact of the situation on the daily wage earners and would come up with a special
package addressing their needs.
Likewise, he said that he is well aware of the plight of citizens that are currently stranded abroad,
assuring that this issue will find a solution soon
He urged people to reach out to the respective diplomatic missions around them and relay their problems.
The government has decided to
prohibit all international flights to and from Nepal starting from March 22 to 31
Mandatory health screening has been arranged in all the border crossings from India and China.
Beginning from Monday, all the long-distance
transportation service will also be halted until further notice.
Other than operations categorised as ‘essential services&, all services
provided by public, community and private sectors in all three tiers of government will halt from March 22 to April 3, Oli informed.
Nepal,
according to Oli, will also contribute NRs 100 million to the SAARC COVID-19 emergency fund
Indian PM Narendra Modi during the recently held SAARC ‘video-summit& to discuss strategies to collectively tackle the global pandemic,
had initiated the establishment of the fund.
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