(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The Minister of Transport of Nepal is infected with the new crown virus, the government decides to step up the establishment of highly dependent hospital beds

  China News Agency, Kathmandu, October 19 (Reporter Zhang Chenyi) Nepal's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nemwang was diagnosed with the new crown virus on the 19th.

  Nemwang announced that his nucleic acid test result was positive on the same day, and asked those who have been in close contact with him recently to take preventive measures.

Nemwang is also the third minister in Nepal's cabinet to be infected with the new crown virus.

Recently, Pakistani Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Bokrell, Minister of Education and Technology, have been infected with the new crown virus.

  Currently, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Nepal has not been alleviated.

According to data released by the Ministry of Health and Population on the afternoon of the 19th, in the past 24 hours, various health institutions have tested about 15,700 samples, and there have been 3790 new cases of new coronavirus infections nationwide, with a total of 136,036 cases.

  At the same time, there were 18 new deaths nationwide, with a total of 757.

At present, the cure rate of the new crown in Nepal has reached 69.5%.

  The Kathmandu Valley (hereinafter referred to as the Valley) is an area with a high incidence of cases.

On the same day, there were 2388 new cases of new crown in the valley: 2008 in Kathmandu, 99 in Bhaktapur, and 281 in Lalitpur.

As of press time, 7 transportation management offices in the valley have suspended external services due to the emergence of new crown cases.

  In order to prevent and control the epidemic, the cabinet of Nepal on the 19th decided to add 2,000 high-dependency hospital beds in the valley within the next 15 days and 200 high-dependency hospital beds in other severely affected areas.

The highly dependent bed area is located between the ordinary bed area and the intensive care unit. Although it is not as good as the intensive care unit in terms of manpower and material resources, it can provide services for patients who are not so severely ill but require a higher level of care.

Earlier, the new crown hospital in the valley was basically operating at full capacity. Many asymptomatic and mild patients could only be isolated at home, which also increased the risk of the spread of the virus.

  The Cabinet of Nepal also decided that for areas with more than 500 active cases, the local government can decide on its own whether to implement a lockdown policy; for areas with more than 200 active cases, the local government can decide on its own how to control the passage of motor vehicles across regions.

In addition, the border ports will continue to be closed until November 15, but 13 ports will be reserved for Nepalese in India to return to Nepal.

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