October 21-22 | Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province - A meeting of the COVID-19 Expert Group Committee was held with the objective to review and update the guidelines and protocols related to the COVID-19 response in the country. Participants at the meetings included chief specialists, directors, high-level officials, and other representatives from the Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, National Health Research Council, National Public Health Laboratory, HERD International, WHO, Country Office for Nepal, and other medical institutions as experts. Members of the expert group committee were divided into 4 sub-groups who reviewed the COVID-19 response protocols and guidelines, COVID-19 treatment and management guidelines, COVID-19 treatment and reimbursement guidelines, and public health surveillance and research guidelines. The committee concluded on the need for evidence-based guidelines and protocols to be regularly updated and uniformly disseminated to the local level.