Dailekh, June 9 -- A couple who returned home from India and gave birth to a child in quarantine in Dungeshwor Rural Municpality find themselves in an odd situation.

Although they have cash, which they saved up during their stay in India, the money has proven to be of little use for them.

"I know there are roosters around the village which would have provided enough nutrition for my mother. But people don't even want to touch the money I brought because of the fear of the virus," said Lal Bahadur Khatri, who along with his wife Ganga, recently returned to Nepal.

Khatri, 42, works as a security guard in Garhwal. In December, he had taken his wife with him to India so that she could get better care there. But with the advent of the coron...