Chipledhunga, March 11: The Pokhara regional airport has arranged a self-quarantine facility for 71 Chinese workers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease. As many as 190 Chinese workers are involved in the construction of this airport here.
Airport chief Binesh Munakarki shared that they were placed in the self -quarantine in order to prevent the possible infection of coronavirus. “The Chinese workers had stayed in quarantine for 14 days in China itself,” he said adding that they would now be in self-quarantine for ten more days. Earlier, 36 Chinese workers had stayed in self-quarantine and returned to regular work, according to Munakarki.
Those staying in self-quarantine this time came to Nepal from China on March 4, 5 and 6. Director at Gandaki state health directorate, Dr. Binod Bindu Sharma, said that the health status of Chinese workers was normal now. They are placed in self-quarantine for 10 days as an alert measure.
