Microcosms of a pandemic
Kathmandu, May 5 -- Every day, many Nepalis across the country religiously tune in to the Health Ministry's website, Facebook or Twitter at 4PM. It is thesame grim statistics every day:another day, another record that should not be broken.
On Wednesday, Nepal registered 8,659 new cases and 58 fatalities. The number of active cases is now 66,352 - a hundred-fold increase from mid-March. Half of everyone who gets a PCR test is Covid-19 positive.
These numbers may seem low compared to neighbouring countries like India, but in proportion to the population, it is one of the highest in the world: 211 per 1 million population. In India the figure is 278, but in both countries the tally is said to be a gross underestimate. The virus is also rep...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.