The surge in new cases is believed to have come from India, which borders southern Nepal, with the working population bringing it to the country.
As a result, the Nepalese Government closed 22 out of 35 border entry points with India, according to
The Guardian reported some Nepal districts are already experiencing a shortage of hospital beds and oxygen.
In the Banke district doctors at Bheri hospital said it was turning into a mini India , as the virus spread out of control. The situation is out of control. We are in a helpless situation, said the hospital s chief consultant physician Rajan Pandey. We lack nursing manpower in the hospital.
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Nepal COVID infections surge, fuelled by India’s mutant strains Al Jazeera English © Priests carry the Seto Machindranath, Nepal s patron deity, during a chariot festival in Kathmandu o. Priests carry the Seto Machindranath, Nepal s patron deity, during a chariot festival in Kathmandu on April 20, 2021 [Prakash Mathema/AFP]
Authorities in Nepal are grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Himalayan state have caught the more infectious mutant strains emerging out of India.
Nepal, which shares a long porous border with India, reported 3,032 new infections on Sunday, the highest daily number recorded this year.