Village sealed off after death from COVID

Techhada village in Shikhar Municipality-1, Doti district, has been sealed off following the death of a local due to coronavirus.

The deceased has been identified as a 28-year-old woman who returned from India a few days back.

According to Ward Chair, Khadak Bahadur Shahi, people are restricted from leaving the village until May 3. Likewise, no outsider will be allowed to enter the village till the aforementioned date.

With the second wave of coronavirus crisis deepening in India, people of Doti, who reached India as migrant workers, have started returning home. However, they seem reluctant to stay in quarantine which has put the entire village at high risk of infection, said the ward chair. Lately, over 1,000 people returned home from India in Doti.

186 malaria cases in Sudurpaschim

Meanwhile, in the current fiscal year, 186 malaria patients have been detected in Sudurpaschim Province. Health Directorate Dipayal, Rajpur, said the risk of mosquito-borne disease is high in Kailai, Kanchanpur, Achham, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, and Doti districts. Though government efforts are on to control the disease, it continues to pose a health threat in the above-mentioned six districts, according to health workers.

According to Province Health Directorate, Dr Gunaraj Awasthi, most cases of malaria are detected in Kailali that remains the province capital. The number of imported cases is far higher than that of locally transmitted cases. The number of local cases is just 71. In fiscal year 2076-77 BS, 320 cases of malaria were recorded in the province: 255 imported and 65 local cases.