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RSS
National Assembly (NA) members have drawn the government's attention to the need for proper management of quarantine centres so as to save people's lives.
Speaking in a special hour of the NA session today, Nepal Communist Party (NCP)'s Khimlal Bhattarai said quarantine centres lacked proper management and other basic facilities. ''They are like police detention centres,'' he said, demanding the guarantee of the required number of toilets, implementation of social distancing and availability of PCR tests, masks, hand sanitiser and mosquito nets in the centres.
The situation might require quarantine centres to be used as isolation facilities and additional arrangements were necessary towards that end, he said. He stressed that no citizen should be left hungry during the crisis. He said, local-level representatives need no order or directions to undertake humanitarian acts. Bhattarai underlined the need to ensure the right to food to people in quarantine.
The government's decision to rescue Nepali citizens left stranded abroad in the wake of coronavirus pandemic was praiseworthy and the government should leave no stone unturned for their proper management, he added. Seeking the government's attention towards the smooth supply of seeds and fertilisers to farmers as the farming season had already begun, the lawmaker demanded special attention to transport dairy products, vegetables and fruits to the market.
He took time to draw the attention of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to make arrangements for conducting SEE and 10+2 board exams put off due to coronavirus lockdown from the respective home centres.
NCP’s Chakra Prasad Snehi drew the attention of government towards employing PCR procedure for conducting COVID-19 test on people, indicating the unreliability of RDT procedure. According to him, more than 500 persons had contracted the deadly infection in Sudurpaschim State while conducting COVID-19 test through RDT procedure. He also demanded the government to install a ventilator in the Dadheldhura district. Likewise, Nepali Congress (NC) Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi criticized the poor management of the quarantine facilities in many places across the country. He also brought to the notice of the government cases where COVID-19 suspected or infected people in quarantine were found leaving quarantine facilities at night and would only stay there during the day.
“COVID-19 infection has spread across 68 of 77 districts in the country. The government is still taking it lightly. The government must be serious towards saving lives,” Rayamajhi said, drawing attention to the black marketeering of PPE and safety gear as mask.
NC’s Taradevi Bhatta urged the government to streamline quarantine facilities in Sudurpaschim State. She also suggested extension of the scope of PCR tests.
Rastriya Janata Party’s Mrigendra Kumar Singh said that it was important to expand the scope of PCR tests to save people from COVID-19 infections. He questioned, “Where did the government spend Rs 10 million? Thirteen people have died of COVID-19 in the country but a large number of people were likely to succumb to starvation.” Samajbadi Party’s Pramila Kumari and NCP’s Ram Lakhan Chamar, Jivan Buda and Ram Narayan Bidari also pressed for better managing quarantine facilities across the country.
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