These are some of the best stories from The Kathmandu Post (March 6, 2020). The KP Sharma Oli administration has also failed to issue necessary information and notices on time to eliminate confusion and prevent misinformation. Angad Dhakal/TKP
These are some of the best stories from The Kathmandu Post (March 6, 2020).
Without a clear statement from the federal government regarding Covid-19, misinformation spreads at local level
The Kathmandu District Administration Office on Thursday issued a notice calling on members of the general public to take precautionary measures and avoid gatherings, given the global outbreak of Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus.
“At a time when the government has urged necessary precautions against the Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation has said Nepal is at a high risk of spread of the disease, we request the people of Kathmandu district to not take part in and organise any programmes like celebrations, fairs and festivals [including Holi] until further notice,” states the statement.
Confusion reigns over the Visit Nepal campaign with no clear statement from the government regarding its fate
The government appears to be taking a wait-and-see approach before any formal decision is made regarding the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign.
In the face of the global coronavirus epidemic, the government has yet to take a formal decision on the fate of the much-vaunted tourism campaign. So far, only international promotional activities have been cancelled, amid widespread calls to postpone the campaign.
Despite Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s instruction to the Tourism Ministry to postpone the Visit Nepal 2020 last Sunday, confusion continues to persist, as the government has not officially announced whether the tourism campaign is cancelled, postponed or continued.
Sliding the blade between the slats of a table, VK Kunwar bends the knife’s handle that touches the surface. The thin blade, once he releases pressure, bounces back into shape—it needs to be flexible, as it’s specially made for filleting fish.
He takes out another knife, a larger one, and explains the minute details included in its design. There’s the wood used for the handle, the brass and copper hailing from Patan, and the idiosyncratic imperfections that tell a story of the Nepali blacksmiths’ work.
Just like so many knife businesses in Nepal, VK Kunwar’s Heritage Knives has primarily dealt with khukuris since its opening in 2018 but more recently, Kunwar has started forging a relatively novel selection: chef’s knives.
Government rejects request to shut schools amid virus scare
The government has rejected requests to shut schools and colleges until the risk of the Covid-19 subsides, saying there was no immediate threat of an outbreak in the country.
At a meeting held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, school administrators and parents had asked the minister to consider postponing the annual exams and closing schools in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. However, the ministry rejected the request saying it wasn’t necessary.
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital accused of treating a patient even after three days of his death
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital in Biratnagar has been accused of keeping a dead man in its intensive care facility for three days to fleece his relatives.
The relatives of Naim Mansuri, 25, of Bhokraha, Sunsari, has accused the hospital staff of deliberately withholding the information about his death and charging them money for various laboratory tests and medicines.
Mansuri was admitted in the intensive care unit of the hospital on February 24 for complications caused by brain tuberculosis. His wife, Ruksar Khatun, said that she learned about her husband’s death only on Thursday from one of the doctors.
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