गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Politics ∕ UML leader Yogesh Bhattarai urges local level to do needful to control infection Politics UML leader Yogesh Bhattarai urges local level to do needful to control infection KathmanduPati May 17, 2021 file photo KATHMANDU – CPN (UML) leader and member of the House of Representatives, Yogesh Bhattarai has urged the local level in his home town, Taplejung, to play an active role in preventing and control of the second wave of Covid-19. In a virtual meeting with the stakeholders of the district on the prevention and control of the infection, he stressed the need for creating awareness against the virus from setting up isolation facility by reaching people at their doorsteps. It could be effective when awareness campaign against the infection involving health workers is launched at people’s home, he viewed. To deal with increasing patients in such difficult condition, hospitals should coordinate with health workers and employees at local level, he suggested. The former minister pledged to the coordination between the provincial and central government for setting up isolation facility, the prompt test for the virus and management of health equipment to prevent and control the infection. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal hospitals suspend OPD services after doctor attack Nepal doctor airlifted after hospital attack sparks protests Sunsari parties urge calm after fatal clash unrest Sunsari District imposes indefinite curfew across multiple areas Trump republicans face tough midterms with 100 days left International rights bodies warn Nepal against political interference in Supreme… Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment8 TRENDING Nepali Congress calls for broader action plan to prevent, control COVID-19 Nepali Congress to move ahead in consultation with other parties PM Oli need not take oath of office again: Supreme Court Newly-appointed ministers of Gandaki province get portfolio UML leader Yogesh Bhattarai urges local level to do needful to control infection PM Oli pays tributes to Madan-Ashrit UML standing committee meeting at 2pm today NC’s parliamentary party work execution committee meeting tomorrow