Kathmandu, April 4
After the government and private companies, Nepali medical suppliers have also started their initiatives to bring medical supplies necessary to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak in Nepal from China.
The Chemical and Medical Suppliers Association Nepal president Suresh Ghimire informs that they have already started collecting the necessary medical equipment in China.
Ghimire adds that the preparations have started to charter an aeroplane from the Nepal Airlines Corporation for the supply. He hopes the supplies will arrive in Kathmandu in one week.
On Friday, Nepal Airlines’ wide-body aeroplane that had arrived in Kathmandu with medical supplies for Chaudhary Group, Norvic International Hospital. It is still awaiting clearance at the customs.
