Nepal

Jumla headquarters sealed off

KathmanduPati October 02, 2020

JUMLA : The Chandannath municipality based in the Jumla district headquarter Khalanga has been sealed off. The municipality area has been sealed off after 46 local people, including 27 health workers, were diagnosed with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

Assistant Chief District Officer Om Prakash Devkota said that the areas of Dansanghu in the east of Chandannath municipality, Leela Rivulet in the south, Karnali Technical Institute in the north and Gamgad in the west have been sealed off to contain the transmission of the virus.

“Khalanga has been sealed off from 3:00 pm Thursday to Sunday October 4,” he added. Acting Director of the Karnali Institute of Health Science Teaching Hospital Jumla Anup Mangal Samal informed that the hospital has closed everything down, excluding emergency services. –