Covid-19 Containment Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Nepal

Abstract

The new type of corona virus officially named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-2 CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan China in late December 2019. This
article aimed at presenting the preventive strategies implemented against COVID-19 by
thegovernment of Nepal and the government of Hong Kong and show how the effective policy
discourses coupled with careful preventive measures play critical roles in controlling the virus.
This discussion paper is based on various print and non-print media that cover the information
about the COVID-19 and the adopted strategies to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong
Kong and Nepal. it appears that efficient political leadership, notwithstanding democratically
elected or not, people’s health literacy, and effective strategies of the government play key roles
in containing the contagion. Government in jurisdictions like Nepal should invest more resources
for development of the skilled manpower and conduct more research studies related to the
infection prevention and control to deal with the emergency outbreak in the future.