Incident Reports

Humla's Tanjakot Rural Municipality sealed off due to Covid-19

2020-10-28

Karnali, Humla, Tanjakot

Tanjakot Rural Municipality of Humla district is sealed off for five days after the reports of Corona infection. The Rural Municipality office decided to shut all its border points for five days after some people were found to have been diagnosed with COVID-19, who came to celebrate Dashain festival in their villages.

The RM made the decision to this effect in view of curbing COVID-19 spread. As many as nine individuals tested positive for COVID-19 in Humla. Humla was among the districts with zero COVID-19 cases in the country. Meanwhile, the District Hospital of Humla has sent 32 swab samples of people who were in close contact with infected ones to Surkhet for COVID-19 tests.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Curfew/prohibitory order issues by the state
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Lockdown Enforcement
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
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