Nepal PM: Unchecked migrants from India contributing to rise in COVID-19 cases

May 26, 2020

Kathmandu (Nepal), May 26 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday reiterated his previous statement where he had blamed those coming from India for the spread of coronavirus in the Himalayan nation. In a televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Oli claimed that workers returning home from India, who remain unchecked at the border, contributed to the spread of the virus in the country. Last week, the Nepali prime minister in a question-answer session with the MP’s in the Lower House had pointed to India for the spread of the deadly virus in the country. Oli also made the claim that virus from India is more lethal than in comparison to China and other nations. COVID-19 cases have spiked in the Himalayan Nation in recent weeks crawling to the mark of 700 with 682 cases till the time PM had addressed the nation. A total of 4 people have died due to the deadly virus that started from China with 112 cases of successful recoveries.