Kathmandu, May 17 -- Setting the example for the rest of the country that is ata breaking pointdue to the lack of hospital beds, oxygen and ventilators for Covid-19 patients, local governments in parts of Nepal are going door-to-door to test and control community spread.

Epidemiologists say that lockdowns alone are not the answer to the pandemic, they just buy time and the closure should be used to trace, test and isolate infected people.

Doing just that is Helambu in Sindhupalchok district 45km northeast of Kathmandu. So far, 31 people have tested positive in Helambu but only half of them are active. Once they were isolated, no new cases have been reported in the last six days, and not a single person has died of the disease.

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