Medical assistance from China arrives Tatopani on Friday

The medical assistance that China has earlier announced to provide Nepal is arriving at Tatopani transit point along the Nepal-China border on Friday, the Tatopani Customs Office said. According to Office chief Lal Bahadur Khatri, the assistance materials are arriving here with the government decision to open the transit point which has been closed since the 2015 earthquake. A medical protocol will be followed to complete screening procedures of materials. The assistance is meant for combating the coronavirus named as COVID-19 pandemic.

A medical team has been kept standby for the same. With the import of the materials, the operation of transit point will resume officially. The Office said all processes have been completed to resume the transit point.