The Nepal government has decided to set up 6,000 beds in Kathmandu valley to isolate asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, but health experts say that the number is inadequate, as the number of COVID-19 cases was rising sharply in the valley.

Assistant Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Samir Kumar Adhikari told THT that the 6,000 isolation beds the government wanted to set up in Kathmandu valley soon would be enough to deal with the rising number of cases for a few months. He said if the number of patients continued to surge, then the government would arrange more isolation beds. “The ministry hopes that most asymptomatic patients can stay in self-isolation at their home. But that will depend on their neighbours as well.

In some places, neighbours have made lives of COVID patients difficult. Neighbours should not stigmatise COVID patients,” he added.

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