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Health Ministry starts preparations for prevention of monsoon-induced health hazards

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Health and Population has started preparation for necessary preparedness for the prevention and control of the pandemic during the monsoon.

Health Minister Pradip Paudel held a preparation meeting, which took six decisions regarding response and prevention given the possibility of different types of infection, diseases and pandemics in the rainy season.

During the meeting with health officers involved in disaster response and pandemic control today, Minister Paudel directed them to prepare by identifying the problems on time.

According to Minister Paudel’s Private Secretariat, the Department of Health Services would make necessary preparations for the management of cleanliness and clean water by identifying the places vulnerable to an outbreak of a pandemic.

Similarly, the National Health Education Information and Communication Centre would carry out activities for the dissemination of effective information up to local levels for raising awareness on the use of clean water.

The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division would collect necessary information and forward preparation by holding a virtual meeting with the rapid response team at all local levels.

The Division would update the details of those trained for health-related disaster control and assign them to all seven provinces as per need.

Likewise, necessary preparation would be initiated by coordinating with the National Emergency Operation Centre and Provincial Health Emergency Operation Centre.

The meeting took the decision that the Department of Health Services would submit the proposal to the ministry within a week to amend the ‘Infectious Disease Act, 2020’ as per the changing context and need.

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