The NRNA health committee updated that the recent casualties reached the death toll of 317. They are from 20 countries. The health committee coordinator Sanjeev Sapkota said a total of 53,846 Nepalis were infected with coronavirus in various 50 countries till Saturday evening. Among them, 51,116 got recovery, which is 93 per cent.
Last week, the Nepalis got infected in Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Africa, the UK, India, and the UAE, the committee added.
The number of people losing lives to Covid-19 in Nepal has reached 1,912 while the number of people infected with the virus reached 264,159. Out of which, 97.1 per cent people got recovery, according to press coordinator of NRNA Covid-19 high-level committee, Chiran Sharma.
In the wake of Covid-19, as many as 186,066 Nepalis have been rescued from various countries with the joint initiative of NRNA and Nepali diplomatic missions abroad. Vice-Chairman of NRNA and coordinator of foreign employment committee Dr. Badri KC informed that NRNA was working actively to rescue and provide relief to the Nepalis facing trouble abroad.
The aids as legal counseling, consultation, PCR test, training, plane ticket, legal fine were managed to more than 9,650 Nepalis in the shelters of the foreign lands, said the NRNA.
Currently, the NRNA volunteers are providing assistance to the Nepalis in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Cambodia, and Kuwait. Even the financial assistance is collected from philanthropic agencies for the Nepalis who lost jobs and got their visa term expired.
The NRNA has further provided the health and safety materials worth Rs 1.4 million to the affected ones in seven provinces of Nepal.
The health committee coordinator Sanjeev Sapkota has urged all to stay aware because there is still the chance of the second wave of Covid-19 although the infection rate declined.
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