Queues and chaos

Every wave seems to expose our lack of preparedness, always leaving things to be done at the eleventh hour.

With the virus spreading like wildfire, the authorities now seem to have woken up from the slumber. Nearly two months after Omicron was first reported to the World Health Organisation by the South African administration, the decision-makers in Nepal showed some concerns. Still, barely anything noticeable on the ground corroborated their concerns. The political parties hosted a series of general conventions that attracted multitudes. The attitude of the politicians did not in the least reflect the concerns of a country’s situation in the middle of the pandemic. Not a single politician gave a word of caution to the crowds of people that made their way to the jam-packed jamborees.