<p>Amid the continuous surge in Covid-19 cases, the Nepal government has decided not to bear expenses of all virus-infected people and not to bury infected people who died during home isolation.</p>.<p>The decision, which was made earlier week by K P Sharma Oli-led administration, has been made public on Sunday through the daily Covid-19 briefing held by Ministry of Health and Population.</p>.<p>Decided during a Cabinet meeting, a list of people completing certain criteria will be getting the facilities from the government. The latest decision has gone into effect for all government, non-government hospitals and laboratories from Sunday itself.</p>.<p>The new decision has left more than 25 per cent of the population (statistics from ADB, 2010) deprived of proper tests for Covid-19 infection.</p>
