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 […]
Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Birgunj Read Post »
By Pankaj Thapa According to the website of Water Aid Nepal, “one in ten people in Nepal lack access to clean water”. Figuratively, that would mean an estimated 3 million Nepalese do not have access to clean water – leading one to wonder how they are washing their hands during the health emergency, amidst other
Why should you care about WASH, and its equitable access? Read Post »
Dr. Bikash Devkota, 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 Kathmandu: 1965 No. of tests in Kathmandu in last 24 hours: 169 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Bhairawaha (PCR
COVID-19: Daily update from Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population Read Post »
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
National Innovation Centre comes up with COVID-19 testing booths Read Post »
Dr. Bikash Devkota, 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 Kathmandu: 1697 No. of tests in Kathmandu in last 24 hours: 168 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Bhairawaha (PCR
COVID-19: Daily update from Nepal’s MoHP Read Post »
Dr. Bikash Devkota, 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 Kathmandu: 1529 No. of tests in past 24 hours in Kathmandu: 88 Likewise, tests are ongoing at Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadhi, and Chitwan.
COVID-19: Daily updates from MoHP Read Post »
Nepal has confirmed its fifth case of the novel coronavirus. The patient, a 19 year old woman had flown in from Belgium. Interestingly, she had flown in from Doha, Qatar to Kathmandu, Nepal on the same flight (QR652) as of Nepal’s second case – on the 17th of March. ‘She had been abiding by her
Nepal confirms 5th case of coronavirus – conducts 73 tests in 24 hours Read Post »
On 15th February, 2020, South Korea had 28 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. On the same day, the United States had 15. As of 26th March, 2020, South Korea had 9,332 confirmed cases of the virus – 4,665 currently infected, 4,528 recoveries, and 139 deaths. The United States on the same day had 85,
Track, Trace, Test, Isolate – government lacking in all Read Post »
Amid the fear of COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal, the Nepali government has requested the government of India and China to provide medical equipment required to diagnose and treat coronavirus patients. The government has sought 50,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (level 1), 100,000 pieces of PPE (level 2), 10,000 pieces of PPE (level 3), 500,000
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