Risk communication strategy key to fighting virus, but there’s none

As cases continue to rise and without a strategy in place, the public is left confused and panicking, experts say. The latest example is conflict during ongoing vaccination.

Earlier this week, Chhima Sherpa, a health assistant at Bigutar Health Post of Siddhicharan Municipality, Okhaldhunga, was manhandled by a local resident because Covid-19 vaccines had not come to the municipality.