KATHMANDU, April 4 -- The government has not been working to diagnose and tackle the new variants of COVID-19 though the number of COVID-19 infections is increasing in the recent weeks.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), the first three cases of a new UK variant of COVID-19 was found in Nepal on January 18.

However, the government has not taken initiatives to test the new variants and in prevention and treatment, say experts. "We have not seen the government's efforts to test new variants of COVID-19 in Nepal," said Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, a virologist at the Shukraraaj Tropical & Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku. "Even the infection and death rates are yet to be analyzed to see the trends of new COVID-19 and its e...