Two youths in Kavre and one in Dhading have been kept in isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies during Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT). The two in Kavre have been kept in isolation at Dhulikhel Hospital while the third youth is in Dhading. The two youths from Kavre had returned from abroad a couple […]
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Two of the three members of a family residing in Suncity Apartments in Manohara of Kathmandu have tested positive for COVID-19. Their swab samples were sent to Teku for PCR test after traces of infection was seen in Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) carried out on Monday. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has updated
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Several countries have extended their ongoing lockdown aiming to minimize the spread of coronavirus. India, which has been under a national lockdown since 25th March, 2020, will remain under lockdown until 3rd May to contain the spread of COVID-19 as the number of novel coronavirus surge in the region. India – with more than 10,000
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A report of World Health Organization (WHO) states that 22,073 positive cases of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) from 52 countries have been reported to the organization as of 8 April, 2020. However, due to the lack of systematic reporting regarding the number of HCWs infected with COVID-19 at present, the stated number probably under-represents
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Three Indian nationals residing in Birgunj of Parsa district have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. An official confirmation about the new cases by the government, however, has yet to be announced. Nonetheless, high-level officials from the Social Development Ministry of Bagmati province as well as sourced from the Teku-based lab confirmed the report, according to
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Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a “deadly resurgence” in infections, the World Health Organization chief has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be cautious about easing restrictions, even as some struggle with the economic impact. Europe’s worst hit countries, Spain and Italy, are both relaxing some measures, while their lockdowns
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New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potter’s field on Hart Island as the city’s daily death rate from the coronavirus epidemic has reached grim new records in each of the last three days. The city has used Hart Island to bury New Yorkers with no known next
UPDATE: The government has rolled backed from its decision to lift travel ban for those who want to leave Kathmandu for their hometowns, only one-and-half hours after announcing it. The decision was taken back after much pressure from the provincial governments, saying that the nation-wide lockdown would be meaningless if people were allowed to leave
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China has released new measures to try and prevent asymptomatic “silent carriers” of coronavirus from causing a second wave of infections. Mainland China reported 63 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, up from 62 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said. Of those, 61 were travellers arriving from overseas, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in China to 81,865.
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The National Innovation Centre (NIC) is locally manufacturing COVID-19 testing booths. Mahabir Pun, Chairman of NIC, has been calling on donors as well as investors for the domestic production of such booths. “I saw on the internet that South Korea was using such booths for testing and the model turned out to be favourable for
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