Misplaced priorities

The relation between what leaders should do today and what they are doing is inversely proportional.

As Nepal is reporting new Covid-19 cases at an alarming rate, projections for the coming months are scary. According to an internal projection of the Ministry of Health, an additional 320,000 people will be infected with the coronavirus the number of infections remains at 2,665 per day. The ministry's figures for the past two weeks show an average of 3,195 new infections daily. It has now become apparent that the pandemic has the potential to unleash a new humanitarian crisis. The state’s response, however, has been abysmal at best. The government has by now given up on its fight against the pandemic. One reason why the country has come to a pretty pass is the governing Nepal Communist Party’s internal problems, which have badly affected the governance.