Kathmandu, March 2
The Supreme Court today issued an interim order telling the government to halt flights from and to the countries that pose high risk of coronavirus infection, including China, South Korea, Japan, Iran and Bahrain, till the disease was brought under control.
The order was issued by a single bench of Justice Tej Bahadur KC in response to public interest litigation filed by Advocate Purna Rajbanshi.
The SC also ordered the government to halt flights that land in Nepal using any place in China, South Korea, Japan, Iran or Bahrain as transit.
The apex court also ordered the government to subject people who enter Nepal by land or by air to coronavirus screening. It also ordered the government to immediately isolate and
quarantine Nepalis and foreigners suspected for virus infection and to ensure food supplies were not affected in the wake of coronavirus scare.
Since coronavirus infection is not limited to one region or geography, it is imperative to have adequate preparedness to deal with the possibility of coronavirus outbreak, the SC observed.
The apex court told the government to take precautionary measures to deal with the possibility of outbreak, including posting adequate number of health professionals on the northern border and other border points to check the entry of people infected with coronavirus.
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