Kathmandu, Feb 22: National Assembly (NA) Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timalsina urged the people's representatives to disseminate the right information related to health to the public.

At an interaction organized by the Ministry of Health and Population in the technical assistance of the World Health Organization and coordination of the Federal Parliament here today, NA Chairperson Timalsina asserted that the role of people's representative would be important in giving correct information to the people.

He viewed that the people's representatives should be sensitized about the COVID-19 risks and they should encourage the voters to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to comply with the health safety protocols against the flu-like infection.

Furthermore, he suggested the people's representatives make their respective local level fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

According to him, the State had accorded the highest priority to the health sector. Reforming the health sector and capacity building of the human resources and physical infrastructures among others were the topmost priority of the State.

He informed that such interactions would be organized in six other provinces as well.

Similarly, WHO representatives to Nepal Dr. Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav lauded the role played by the people's representatives of Nepal in spreading awareness among the people about how to be safe from crises emanating from pandemics like COVID-19, the importance of vaccines against COVID-19.

Likewise, the secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Roshan Pokharel urged the people's representatives to spread awareness drive against COVID-19 as they are exemplary figure to the people.