Hospitals fill up as new mutant of Delta COVID-19 variant
04 Aug 2021, 14:37 GMT+10
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 4 (ANI): The temporary shelter for COVID-19 infected patients at a hospital in Kathmandu has returned as a new mutant of the Delta COVID-19 variant is spreading in the Himalayan nation.
Beds have been set up in a tin cordoned structure with oxygen cylinders in Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital amid the massive influx of COVID-19 patients.
In order to cope with the rising infection during the second wave, the hospital had extended its bed capacity by constructing a temporary shelter in its premises. As fear of the third wave is looming large, the hospital has once again has opened the shelter for patients.