Kathmandu Valley’s ongoing probibitory order, in effect since Thursday, 20th August, 2020 has been extended by another week. The prohibitory order, until further notice, will be applicable until 2nd Sept, 2020 (11:59 p.m.) within Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur Districts. The decision was arrived upon in joint agreement of the heads of the three districts, and […]
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As many as 150 medical officers working at various hospitals in Birgunj have resigned en masse on Monday after the authorities concerned failed to address their five-point demand. The doctors had demanded minimum wage of Rs 65,000, health and life insurance worth Rs 2.5 million, WHO standard PPEs, free medical care if the they contract
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: 621,901 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 11,327 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,
COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 33,533 Recovery: 19,119 Death: 164 Read Post »
(Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had begun testing an antibody-based treatment for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, with the first participants dosed, adding to recent signs of progress on possible medical solutions to the disease. The British drugmaker, whose COVID-19 vaccine candidate is already among the most advanced, said the early-stage trial
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Preparations are underway to extend the prohibitory orders issued in the Kathmandu Valley from midnight of Wednesday in a bid to curb coronavirus infection rate and reduce risk. A joint meeting of the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur district administrations is being held today to review the current situation and is likely extend the ongoing prohibitory
Valley administrations mulling to extend prohibitory orders Read Post »
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: 610,469 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 10,234 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,
COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 32,678 Recovery: 18,806 Death: 157 Read Post »
MINSK (Reuters) — Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk, briefly gathering near the president’s residence, before dispersing peacefully. The veteran leader denounced the demonstrators as “rats” and was seen in state media footage wearing body armour and
Belarusian protesters, defying army, flood Minsk Read Post »
Nepal government has introduced ‘Rules Relating to Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2020’, under the Act Relating to Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2017, in order to facilitate differently-abled people with their constitutional and legal rights. The new rules make it mandatory for the authorities concerned to provide differently-abled people with assistive devices free of cost as
New rules guarantee rights of differently-abled people Read Post »
Though the government had earlier announced to resume both domestic and international flights from September 1, the operation of domestic flights is still uncertain. While safety protocols and guidelines for resumption for international flights have already put in place albeit with reduced capacity, there have been no talks regarding the resumption of domestic flights despite
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