Kathmandu, May 27 -- The India-Nepal border that had been sealed for the past two months of lockdownsin both countriesstarted to reopen last week, but many have found that their ordeal is not over.

Just on Tuesday, more than 6,000 Nepalis entered Nepal from India through border crossings in western Nepal and another 1,500 in the east.Health check posts were overwhelmedby the sheer numbers, and there werenot enough COVID-19 kitsto test them all.

Families who had entered earlier have been fanning out across the mountains of western Nepal, where they face another roadblock: provincial and municipality governments that have barred their own people from going homewithout first being tested.

Thousands who had trudged across India after losin...