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Nepal reeling from second wave of coronavirus
He appealed to people to remain in home isolation if they test positive for COVID-19 and to visit hospitals only in emergency situations.
Many hospitals in the Himalayan nation are overflowing with COVID-19 patients and there aren t enough beds, essential medicines and health equipment.
There s also a severe shortage of medical oxygen, which is a critical resource for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. To overcome the shortage, Gautam said, Nepal is trying to import oxygen cylinders from China through a government-to-government agreement.
Nepal has only 1,595 ICU beds and 480 ventilators for its almost 30 million people, according to an official COVID response plan officials came up with in May 2020. The country has only 0.7 doctors per 100,000, according to the report.