Ex Lieutenant General Bala Nanda Sharma to take charge of CCMC

KATHMANDU, May 25: The government has appointed retired Lieutenant General of the Nepal Army (NA), Bala Nanda Sharma as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC). A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Monday evening made a decision into this effect. A Health Emergency Ordinance issued by the government earlier this week made some changes in the structure of the CCMC and with a provision of a CEO to take charge of the high-level body to tackle the coronavirus pandemic . Sharma was appointed the CEO under the same provision of the ordinance. Earlier, CCMC was led by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel. Pokharel will now remain as the member of a steering committee led by Prime Minister KP Oli. The committee will include eight Cabinet ministers and the chief secretary.

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KATHMANDU, May 20: The CPN (Maoist Center) is preparing to submit a memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli incorporating its suggestions to the government for the prevention, treatment and control of the coronavirus disease. A meeting of the party’s Standing Committee held on Thursday decided to hand over a memorandum to Prime Minister Oli demanding the dissolution of COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC), according to Maoist leader and former minister, Barshaman Pun. "Today’s meeting decided to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday regarding the efforts to be made by the government to control COVID-19," Pun told Ratopati. "The CCMC should be scrapped as it proved to be non-functional” Pun said, adding that a separate entity of Disaster Management Authority should be formed and be led by the Prime Minister. Similarly, the Maoist center also demanded the government form an all-party mechanism under the leadership of the Prime Minister to control the pandemic.

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