Kathmandu, June 1 -- Amid a looming risk of outbreak of new variants of coronavirus in the country, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division said that it has imparted field epidemiology training to over 150 health workers.

Officials say that those field epidemiologists will be deployed for coronavirus surveillance, outbreak investigations and contact tracing, among others, in case of disease outbreak.

"We have completed field epidemiology training for the 10th batch of health workers," said Dr Chandra Bhal Jha, director at the division. "Each batch consists of over 15 health workers. We will mobilise these trained health workers for coronavirus surveillance if an outbreak occurs in the country."

Officials say field epidemiologists...