Kathmandu – Local governments in Kailali have launched a search for those recently returned homes from aboard to stem the spread of coronavirus. Lamki Chuha municipality and Janaki rural municipality have already started collecting details of returnees to the localities while Tikapur municipality has started tracing campaign from today.
So far Lamkichuha has identified 484 people and Janaki rural municipality identified 237 people recently returned here from abroad. ”Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for coronavirus has begun targeting these groups of people,” said Lamkichuha’s health chief Jayanti BC. ”We believe that some people are still trying to hide their identities and local representatives are searching for them.” Fears of COVID-19 have further increased here following the detection of two infected in Lamki.
”We are trying to trace those who have not come into contact with us,” BC added. In Tikapur, the second most populous town in Kailali after Dhangadhi, the campaign has kicked off from today, according to Tikapur’s health chief Bala Bahadur Rawal. A total of 254 teams comprising health workers and volunteers have been mobilised to gather details of returnees and educate the locals about hand-washing techniques with the distribution of soaps.
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