Kathmandu: The Nepali government has decided to conduct quarantine checking of people at over 30 border crossings with India as the New Delhi government has confirmed 31 coronavirus cases, a senior official from the Ministry of Health and Population said.

Nepal shares a porous border with India and the people can travel without a visa.

"The government's high-level coordination committee formed to tackle the epidemic decided to conduct the health screening at over 30 border crossings between Nepal and India amid rising cases of novel coronavirus," Bikas Devkota, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, told Xinhua news agency on Thursday evening.

The Nepali government formed the high-level coordination committee last week under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokhrel.