- 01/05/2020 | Kathmandu
- Author(s): Poudel, D.P., Upadhyaya, R and Timsina, N.P.
- Publisher: Tomorrow's Cities
- Type: Opinion
- Type: Risk
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7488/era/1014
The effects of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 have been very apparent as people, politics, and economics of the world have been brought down to a grinding halt. Almost all of the governments around the globe are grappling to contain the spread of the virus, and the government of Nepal is not an exception. A glimmer of hope in this lockdown is on the skills of global medical science. We all believe that sooner or later medical science will guide us back to a post-pandemic society. However, while dealing with it at present, it has laid bare the capacity of our government and other institutions which are involved in risk management.