Only 82 new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected across the country yesterday, the second consecutive day of a sudden drop below 100. Till Friday, Nepal had been witnessing triple-digit overnight spike in COVID-19 cases since May 27. Testing should be increased to confirm whether the number of infections has actually declined or not, […]
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Amid the alarming increase in coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has directed local administrations across the country to take action against those who do not wear masks outside their homes. MoHA sent a circular to the local administrations of all 77 districts as well as the Nepal Police Headquarters on Monday and
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KATHMANDU, June 30 (Reuters) – Nepali housewife Shiba Kala Limbu grimaced as she recalled how she went hungry in order to feed her five-year-old daughter after the coronavirus pandemic cost her husband his job as a mason in the Gulf state of Qatar. The 25-year-old said she had no money for rent after the payments
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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 tests done in Nepal: 487,500 (PCR: 199,737 + RDT: 287,763) No. of tests in last 24 hours: 6,543 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi,
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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have asked people travelling from states where virus cases are rising to go into self-isolation for 14 days. New Jersey’s Phil Murphy said people in the three states had been “through hell and back” and did not want “another round” of virus infections. Some southern and western states have
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Bajura locals have expressed their concern about the increasing risk of contracting COVID-19 from infected persons moving around freely in their locality. In Badimalika Municipality alone, 40 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported and 32 among them were sent home from quarantine center before their test reports arrived. Despite their results coming coronavirus positive, they
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Four flights have been confirmed to bring home Nepalis stranded in the United States of America, the Nepali Embassy in Washington DC has informed. Nepalis living in New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Dallas, and in urgent need to return home will be flown to Nepal in four chartered flights belonging to Turkish Airways and
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BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) – Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID-19 cases on Monday, adding urgency to efforts to rein in a sudden resurgence of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital. The recent outbreak has been traced to Xinfadi, a sprawling wholesale food market that is the biggest in
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A 36-year-old male, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died in Gulmi district on Saturday night. He is the second person to have died of coronavirus infection in the district. The male, from Dhurkot Rural Municipality-4, died while undergoing treatment at Tamghas District Hospital at 9:20 pm on Saturday. He had returned from India on
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Protests against the government’s incompetency in handling the Covid-19 crisis were held in various parts of the country today. The peaceful protest in Kathmandu was met with water canon and tear gas fired by the police to disperse the crowd. Meanwhile in Biratnagar, youngsters staged a sit-in in front of the CDO as well as
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