6 reasons why Nepal’s Covid-19 spread this time is more dangerous than last year’s

Since the past few days ago, the number of Covid-19 cases is on the rise in Nepal. Likewise, there are reports that the new variant of the coronavirus has also been detected in the country. All of these have created fear of the impending Covid-19 second wave among Nepalis.

Regarding this issue, Dr Krishna Prasad Paudel, the director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Ministry of Health, explains why the current level of risk associated with the spread of the coronavirus infection in Nepal is much higher than that was in the past.