Four members of a family die of coronavirus in Baglung

BAGLUNG, May 16:  Four members of a family died of COVID-19, which reportedly spread following a marriage function held in the family.  The marriage function followed by a feast held in Badigad Rural Municipality-4 showed a total of 25 people were infected when 31 attending the function underwent the PCR tests. 

The head of the household, where the marriage was held, died. A week later the man's two sons also succumbed to the disease. The man was 86-year-old while his sons were 52-year-old and 40-year-old. Another 53-year-old of the same family also died.

Majority of the infected were found to have attended functions where large gatherings were formed and people also did not follow the health protocol, said health division coordinator of the rural municipality, Chudamani Kandel.

The district is currently under the prohibitory orders imposed by the district administration after the rapid spike in coronavirus infections. "Despite our repeated appeal to follow the health protocol, the citizens ignored and were negligent leading to the present situation," said Chief District Officer (CDO) of Baglung district, Shiva Kumar Karki.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the district has reached 747  while 23 people have already died. Just a week ago, the number of active cases was around 100 only.