Let's look at the place and let it loose: expert

Health worker's suggestion: Now let's make red, yellow and green zones and gradually loosen them

Is the woodcut loose or not? How many days to lock up now? Is lockdown the only solution? These are the questions that many ask now. Activities in major cities, including the capital, have almost come to a standstill due to the lockdown that began as Corona's risk increased. Factories and industries have not been able to run smoothly. The country's economy is in shambles. In such a situation, pressure is being put on the government to ease the stalemate by adopting health security.

Friday marks 67 days since the government shut down the country to control and prevent corona virus infection. As the last extension of the lockdown is coming to an end, the infection is spreading and there is concern that the lockdown will be extended again.

There are daily debates and discussions in the Ministry of Health about the modalities to be adopted in this regard. Health Minister Bhanubhakta Dhakal has been present in most of the debates in the ministry. In an interview to Kantipur a few days ago, Dhakal had said that the debate was focused on loosening the timber according to the concept of high risk (red zone), medium risk (yellow zone) and low risk (green zone).

"Everywhere you look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing. Therefore, discussions are underway to make the area loose by separating it, 'he said.' We have come to the conclusion that it should be made loose by consulting public health experts as well. There is no vaccine now, so if the infection is seen, it should be kept in isolation. If it is difficult to go to the hospital. If it is very difficult to get the help of a ventilator. Nothing more has been developed than that. '

Experts in all fields have argued that it is not appropriate to extend the lockdown because it is having an adverse effect not only on the economy but also on social and human psychology and health.

Expert Advisor of the Ministry of Health Dr. According to Khem Karki, although the high-level committee will decide what to do after considering the entire part of the country, it has been suggested by the Ministry of Health to make it a little loose based on the location. 'Now we have to create red, yellow and green zones and gradually loosen them. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health has made preparations and suggested accordingly, 'he said,' In some mountainous and hilly districts, the infection has not been seen. Living in such a place is isolated. Why do you have to work there? The school should be closed for some time. '

According to him, it has become necessary to ease the lockdown by mapping the zones on the basis of risk and making criteria in which zones. "The local level can also be allowed to decide what kind of timber to use in its zone," he said, "but in high-risk areas, timber may have to be tougher than it is now." Now it is not possible to keep all the levels and areas at the same level.

Dr. who works as a public health expert at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. According to Dinesh Neupane, there is no point in increasing the timber. "Now we need to organize village and municipal level quarantines, increase the scope of testing, do better contact tracing and loosen the timber," he said.