The Birgunj check point is under close watch after the increasing cases of Covid infection in the neighboring country, India.
The people entering Nepal have been kept under surveillance. Brief health checkup is conducted among the passengers of train entering Nepal.
The meeting of the Parsa district health crisis management committee held on May 29 had decided to make effective the health check up at the border area in a bid to prevent the spread of disease.
Mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan City, Rajesh Man Singh, inspected the health desk set up at the border and directed the concerned officials to maintain further alertness.
"In view of Covid cases on the rise in the bordering country, we've been aware and put in place the preventive measures. The health desk at the border will be further effective," he informed
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