In a new war of words, the Nepali Prime Minister on Tuesday accused India of spreading a more lethal coronavirus. The statement comes in a time when the two nations territorial disputes have flared up. The border tensions have been flared over a road to Tibet built for pilgrims from India. Surprisingly, the road has been used by Indians since decades.
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Tuesday accused that people entering illegally from India are spreading lethal coronavirus in Nepal. He claimed that the coronavirus infection from India is more lethal than that of China and Italy, adding that more people are getting infected now.
“Those who are coming from India through illegal channels are spreading the virus in the country and some local representatives and party leaders are responsible for bringing in people from India without proper testing,” The Kathmandu Post quoted Oli as saying during a parliamentary address. “It has become very difficult to contain Covid-19 due to the flow of people from outside.”
Oli further accused that coronavirus infection from India had become “more lethal than Chinese and Italian”, according to the NDTV report. He has said that the Indian virus looks more lethal than Chinese and Italian now and more people are getting infected now.
The long-running territorial dispute between India and Nepal has flared over the new Indian-built road to a revered Hindu pilgrimage site of Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet. Nepal says that road passes through its territory and accused India of forced encroachment. Nepal cabinet even endorsed a new map showing disputed territories of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani as its part.
Nepal has reported more than 400 cases of the coronavirus with two deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The cases in India, meanwhile, have crossed one hundred thousand infections mark.