KATHMANDU, April 26: A total of 33 Nepalis have died of coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom so far, according to Embassy of Nepal in London. Of them three are women.

Apart from the Embassy, the Gorkha Welfare Trust also keeps a separate record, said spokesperson of the Embassy Sharad Raj Aran.

However, the Trust and Embassy put the toll to 33 or more. The Trust maintains records of only the ex-Gurkha army personnel which could lead to a variation in the number of deaths, said officer at the trust Gyari Ghale.

The number of deaths could be higher as the families who suffer deaths may not inform the media.

Furthermore, the hospital management do not make the death public without the consent of the concerned families. RSS

KATHMANDU, April 22: A 49-year-old male died of coronavirus as the number of Nepalis dying of the pandemic in the United Kingdom has reached 18.

Bijaya Gurung died while under treatment at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, according to Nanda Gurung, president of Redding Tamu Society.

Bijaya had died on Sunday but the Hospital informed his family members about the health only after two days.

He was hospitalized last week after he complained of respiratory problem.

Bijaya originally hails from Yangjakot, Pokhara  and had been living in Redding.

A former British Gurkha soldier died of COVID-19 on Monday as the number of Nepalis dying in the United Kingdom has reached nine. Six of them are former British Gurkha soldiers.

He is 65-year-old Laxin Bahadur Gurung who lived in Redding outside London city. He passed away at 7 am on Monday while under treatment at a hospital in Redding, said Kamal Gurung, a Nepali social worker in London.

He had been hospitalized for the last two weeks and was kept on a ventilator of late. Laxin died when preparations were being made to remove him from ventilator support after doctors said that he has recovered now.

Originally hailing from Ghandruk, Kaski of Nepal he also had a house in Pokhara. Laxin also served as the President of Ghandruk Society Redding. According to Kamal, Laxin was in good shape and neither was a smoker nor consumed alcohol. RSS

ESSEX, Oct 24: 39 bodies that were found inside a truck container is said to be of Chinese nationals. The bodies that were discovered in Essex are said to be of adults and one teenager according to information released by the international news agencies.

During the investigation after the discovery of the bodies, it was found that all of them were Chinese nationals. The police have arrested the 25-year-old driver and are looking into the case which is extremely fragile. The driver is said to be a resident of Northern Ireland and is currently in police custody.

Essex police had confirmed with media that the truck was en route from Belgium and entered the United Kingdom last Saturday. It is supposed that there is a big conspiracy behind the entire incident and that something major will be uncovered shortly.

The entire drastic episode is supposedly related to human traffickers who were transporting them illegally but passed away inside the container due to lack of oxygen resulting in suffocation.

Several incidents of this sort have come to light in the recent past in the United Kingdom. Illegal migrants enter Europe and are placed in these containers to be transported to various other parts of the continent but due to the unsafe nature end up losing their lives.

(Source – Agency)