Political parties largely defying COVID-19 safety protocols can trigger the third wave: Experts

KATHMANDU, October 2: Public Health experts have warned that the trend of defying the COVID-19 protocols at the time when the COVID-19 transmission risk is still high by the political parties can trigger the third wave of COVID-19 in the country.

The main opposition party, CPN (UML) , on Friday held its first ever statute convention gathering more than 6,000 representatives from all across the country in the capital. General convention of Nepali Congress (NC) is also underway. Akhil Revolutionary - a student union considered close to the CPN (Maoist Center) - also began its 22th national gathering in the capital on Thursday. Around 2,200 representatives have attended the gathering from all across the country. Political parties are witnessed largely defying COVID-19 safety protocols despite restrictions from the local administrations and the Ministry of Health and Population.