Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Nepal: A Threat to Low Resources Country

Authors

  • Seshananda Sanjel Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
  • Tarun Paudel Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Karnali Province, Nepal
  • Sangita Sanjel Kathmandu University Hospital, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pandemic, Transmission, Prevention, Control

Abstract

At present, the global community is experiencing a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that caused coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the third disease from a coronavirus to cause a global outbreak. Person-to-person transmission occurs through droplet or contact transmission and if there is a lack of rigorous infection control or if no proper personal protective equipment (PPE) is available, it may endanger the first-line healthcare workers. In Nepal most of the cases are those who traveled to China and India till date, the infection is transmitted to clusters of societies only. Health workers as well as the general public has to be protected from getting infection applying established and universal infection prevention strategies including social distancing, hand hygiene and application of personal protective devices as required. Person-to-person contact is one of the most predominant ways of transmission of the disease, hence general public as well as all the professional workers have to follow the infection prevention approaches.

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Published

2020-12-04

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Sanjel S, Paudel T, Sanjel S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Nepal: A Threat to Low Resources Country. Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences [Internet]. 2020Dec.4 [cited 2024May4];3(2):1-5. Available from: https://www.jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article/view/271

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): JKAHS; May-Aug Issue (8)

Section

Editorial

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