KATHMANDU: The Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has urged all the citizens not to panic but to prepare self and stay safe and alert.

As the government has imposed a week-long nationwide lockdown from today in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19. Citing the World Health Organization's information on coronavirus, the NMA has said the control of movement among people is not enough to contain the pandemic COVID-19.

Then NMA has further prepared a list of doctors and urged all to contact and consult with them if any advice related to coronavirus were needed. [See list.]

The NMA also expressed gratitude to doctors who gave their names, contacts and their specialisation details through NMA's Facebook page.

A high-level committee for the control and prevention of novel coronavirus decided to lock down the country for a week starting today after a teenager, who returned from France recently, tested positive for COVID-19 infection — making her the second confirmed case in the country. The first person tested positive in January and has already recovered.

As per the committee's decision, the lockdown will end at 6:00 am on March 31.