August 2020

COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 36,456 Recovery: 20,242 Death: 195

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 658,110 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 10,229 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, […]

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Japan’s PM Abe resigns as coronavirus hits economy, endangers legacy

TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a stint at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy in which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences. Abe has battled the disease ulcerative colitis for years and two recent hospital visits

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VTM dearth, pending tests mars COVID-19 testing in Province 2

More than 4,000 swab samples for coronavirus PCR test are in queue in Province-2. As of Wednesday, as many as 4,113 swab samples were still in the queue to be tested. The highest number of halted swab samples is in Saptari (1,027), followed by Sarlahi (800), Dhanusha (700), Mahottari (450), Bara (381), Siraha (322), Rautahat

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Some private hospitals begin admitting coronavirus patients

A few private hospitals in Kathmandu including HAMS, Grande, Vayodha, Megha, among other hospitals have started admitting and treating symptomatic coronavirus patients in isolation wards. While COVID-19 patients admitted at HAMS Hospital and Grande Hospital will have to bear the expenses for their treatment on their own, treatment expenses at Vayodha and Megha hospitals will

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Lapses galore: Health experts deplore government’s COVID-19 response saying restrictions alone is not the solution

Though health experts have long been urging the government to expand contact tracing, testing, and treatment so as to break the COVID-19 transmission chain, the government has instead opted to extend prohibitory orders in various districts as its response. At present, more than 35 districts across the country are under strict prohibitory orders with merely

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Over 1,500 human bones found at Osaka historical grave site

TOKYO (Reuters) – An excavation in the western Japanese city of Osaka has unearthed more than 1,500 human bones at what is thought to be a burial site dating back some 160 years, city officials have said. The site, dubbed the “Umeda Tomb”, is believed to be one of seven historical grave sites from the

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WHO predicts a surge in coronavirus deaths

WHO Representative to Nepal Jos Vandelaer has said that with increasing cases of the novel coronavirus, the rate of death among the elderly patients would also soar in Nepal. In an interview released by the Ministry of Health and Population recently, Dr Vandelaer said the death case among elderly infected persons could increase. He said,

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COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 34,418 Recovery: 19,504 Death: 175

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 635,252 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 13,253 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,

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Understanding hygiene promotion through routine immunization, its needs and benefits

The Family Welfare Division under the Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal decided to integrate hygiene promotion in the routine immunization drive after the Nepal National Committee on Immunisation Practices (NCIP) in March 2012 concluded that “vaccine introduction for enteric vaccines (rotavirus, typhoid, cholera) should be one component of an integral child health programme to

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Civil Aviation preparing flights resumption in hills, mountains

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTA), Yogesh Bhattarai, has informed that his ministry is preparing to resume domestic flights for hilly and mountainous regions in the initial phase. Even though the government had earlier announced that flight operations would be resumed from September 1, domestic flights are unlikely to resume from the said

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