KATHMANDU: Nine more Nepalis died recently from Covid-19 abroad. Non-Resident Nepalis’ Association (NRNA) shared the information that four Nepalis died in the UK, three in Kuwait, one each in Portugal and Malaysia last week.
The health committee of NRNA said the latest casualty reached the death toll of Nepalis 327 from 20 foreign countries. The health committee coordinator of NRNA, Sanjiv Sapkota, said a total of 56,026 Nepalis in 50 foreign countries got infected with coronavirus till Saturday evening.
Among them, 53,432 got recovery. Last week, the more number of Nepalis got infection in the UK, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Malaysia, Japan, and the Gulf countries.
So far, 1,994 persons lost lives in Nepal due to coronavirus. Similarly, the number of people infected with the virus has reached 2,69180. Among them, 97.5 percent got recovery.
The coordinator of health committee Sanjiv Sapkota has further informed that 2,000 Nepalis get infected on average in a week. The commiitee has projected that nearly 4,000 people get covid-free in a month.
Similarly, the committee has requested to be more cautious over the infection due to many Nepalis residing in foreign land have not received covid vaccines. It’s mainly due to not roll out of vaccination programs in many countries.
The health committee of NRNA has constantly monitoring and updating the covid infection of Nepali people living in abroad. Likewise, the committee has provided medical and other necessary health equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE) to Nepal government.
Recently, the NRNA has provided such equipment received from Japan and Korea. The handover of these equipment have played a significant role to support Nepal in time of need.
The NRNA is the single largest body of Nepali diaspora. It has been supporting in Nepal’s socio-economic sector, and attracting foreign investment in Nepal. It has also engaged itself advocating for policy review for the Nepal government in many ways.
