Kathmandu, April 19
As of Saturday, the number of non-resident Nepalis (NRNs) who died of the novel coronavirus infection has reached 28.
According to the data collected by the Non-resident Nepalis Association, 17 died in the UK, eight in the US, two in the UAE and one in Ireland.
The NRNA has formed a high-level committee led by its president Kumar Panta to address concerns of the NRNs in this global pandemic.
So far, 1,166 NRNs in 21 countries are reported to have been infected with Covid-19, according to the NRNA Health Subcommittee coordinator Dr Sanjeev Sapkota.
The highest number of infections is reported to be in the US with around 700, followed by 200 in the UK, 71 in the UAE, 22 each in Ireland and Portugal, 21 in Kuwait, 11 in Australia, 10 in Spain, five in Switzerland, four each in Germany, Belgium and Saudi Arabia, three each in Canada and Malaysia, two in Malta and one each in France, Japan, Myanmar, and Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, the NRNA has mobilised its country chapters to support the families who have lost their members to the disease. As of Thursday, relief support was provided to more than 10,000 affected persons in more than two dozen countries, NRNA president Pant says.
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