Kathmandu, Aug. 6 -- On Wednesday too, at 4:15pm, Dr Jagshowor Gautam, the spokesperson for the Health Ministry, appeared on television, gave the latest figures on the number of Covid-19 infections, active and recovered cases, and the number of deaths due to the coronavirus.

Before concluding his press briefing, which he conducts every day, he urged all to take precautions, view everyone else as a person who has been infected, suspect everyone regardless of who they are-friends, acquaintances or unknown people-as a coronavirus carrier, wear masks and maintain physical distance. His "not-to-do" list was long.

What, as usual, Gautam missed was an update on available hospital beds, what measures the government, or his ministry for that mat...