Government working to create Covid-19 strategic medical reserve

Experts say Nepal should plan for the worst-case scenario as third wave looms.

In May, at a meeting of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, Dr GD Thakur, former director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, stressed the need for creating a national strategic reserve to deal with the possible Covid-19 third wave, which experts say could be far more devastating than the previous two waves.