Authorities also restrict the movement of people from outside as well as within the district to contain the virus spread.

The two basic schools in Limi, Namhka Ward No.6 are teaching their students citing that there’s no threat of coronavirus spread in the area.

Humla saw a prolonged snowfall this winter and the route to Taklakot was closed before the pandemic.

56 quintals of rice have been imported in the district on Wednesday, according to Nepal Food Corporation district depot.

Unlike other districts across the country, academic session in Humla starts in mid-February because the district sees extreme weather during winter.

There are six tuins still in operation across the Karnali river in the district, say locals.

Goods are being brought in by trucks from China through the border town of Hilsa.

Under the government’s ‘Safe Motherhood Programme’, new mothers and their newborns are provided free medical treatment, transportation allowance and cash incentives for antenatal checkups.

40 children were rescued from several children’s homes in Kathmandu and handed over to their families in Humla in the past three months.

Maternity homes are ill equipped to deal with maternity-related complications, say health authority.

Lives of many women and their newborns at risk, health workers say