The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly- contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Saturday. All non-essential shops and services, including restaurants, hairdressers, museums and gyms will be closed from Sunday until Jan. 14. All schools will be […]
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Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come, UNICEF warned in its flagship report. According to The State of the World’s Children 2021; On My Mind: promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health – UNICEF’s most comprehensive look at the mental
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Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-Hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of Nepal because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Beijing, they said. Nepal has had a surge of infections including at the base camp of Everest, prompting several
The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the mutated form of the Delta variant was confirmed in nine samples during a gene sequencing done in New Delhi, India. Deputy Spokesperson for the ministry Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said that among the 47 Delta
Mutated COVID Delta variant detected in Nepal more infectious, says Health Ministry Read Post »
Authorities in Nepal were grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Himalayan state have caught the more infectious mutant strains emerging out of India. Nepal, which shares a long porous border with India, reported 3,032 new infections on Sunday, the highest daily surge recorded
COVID-19 infections surge in Nepal, fueled by mutant strains from India Read Post »
TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) – When Toshitsune Tamashiro was young and closeted in 1980s Japan, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome gay district was a haven. Now he runs a bar there, and has fought to keep the district going during the coronavirus pandemic. Ni-chome, believed the most dense concentration of gay bars globally, fulfills a vital role
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BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Thursday it had suspended its health commission head and sacked a hospital director following an outbreak of coronavirus infections that ended China’s run of about two months without reporting a local case. The coastal city has reported 13 recent infections, most of them
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Sick and tired of government’s inaction and lack of plan to ease daily life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, captain of national football team Kiran Chemjong has tried to draw the government’s as well as National Sports Council’s attention towards the plights of sportspersons. Posting an open letter to the government and sports council on his
As the daily caseload of active coronavirus infection is increasing at an alarming rate, the number of people in need of Intensive Care Units (ICU) is also on the rise, leading to shortage of beds in ICUs and ventilators at COVID-19 designated hospitals. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 244 people have been
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans from his hospital room that the next few days will be the “real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from
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