Originally published on June 4, 2021 1:27 pm
Editor s note: One of the photographs in this story, of a crematorium, could be disturbing to some readers.
When health workers finally arrived last month in the remote village of Namanta, up in the forested foothills of Nepal s Himalayas, residents hid in their homes.
They d been advised not to welcome strangers, who might spread the coronavirus. But it was already too late. Out of 64 households in the village, 30 of them had someone who was ill.
Those individuals hadn t been able to get tested though: The nearest coronavirus testing facility was a 3-hour walk away. Nobody who was sick could make it that far.
फूलेको तोरी टिप्न नपाउँदै ओईलिईन् भागरथी
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