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Contact tracing comes to a halt in Kathmandu; Private laboratories flourish

As the Kathmandu Valley turns into a COVID-19 hotspot, the Teku-based National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has stopped testing swab samples collected through contact tracing among Kathmandu residents citing violation of government-set criteria. NPHL stopped testing swab samples collected through contact tracing by the local level governments in Kathmandu after the Ministry of Health and […]

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Valley prohibitory order eased, vehicular movement to be allowed under odd-even rule

The DAOs of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts of Kathmandu Valley have decided to ease the ongoing prohibitory order from Thursday, 10th September, 2020. According to reports, vehicular movement (private vehicles and public vehicles) will be permitted to move in adherence to the odd-even number plate rule. Businesses of certain sectors will be allowed to

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Prohibitory orders in three districts of Kathmandu Valley effective from midnight

Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur on Tuesday decided to issue prohibitory orders in the three districts of the valley. The restrictions in movement of people and vehicles will come into effect from midnight Wednesday and are aimed at discouraging unwarranted people’s movement in order to control the increasing spread of COVID-19 in

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A few public vehicles resume service in Kathmandu (with photos)

Sundar Yatayat and Mayur Yatayat have started to ply some of their vehicles in the initial phase in Kathmandu at a time when the Federation of Nepalese National Entrepreneurs decided not to comply with the government’s decision to resume intra-district public transport services. The federation has demanded that the government make provisions for tax waivers, facilitate

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Suncity Apartment coronavirus result: two test positive third person negative

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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Teacher arrested for asking students to slash their wrists after poor results

A social science teacher of Jadibuti-based Jagriti Academy was arrested today after she allegedly forced 34 students of Grades VI and VII on Thursday to slash their wrists as a punishment for scoring poor marks in a class test. Sita Laxmi Karmacharya, 32-years-old social teacher, had allegedly asked 25 students of Grade VI and nine

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Traffic management action plan approved

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has approved short-term action plan for traffic management inside the Kathmandu valley. As per the action plan, the Department of Roads (DoR) and Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) have installed and operated traffic lights in Baneshwor, Singha Durbar, Gaushala, Maharajgunj, Kalimati, Tinkune Padmodayamod, Putalisadak, Bagbazaar,

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Access to clean water, toilets at abortion centers in Kathmandu

After the legalization of abortion in September 2002, Nepal passed the procedural order in 2003, giving way to the first ever Comprehensive Abortion Care Service to be disseminated from the Kathmandu-based Maternity Hospital in March 2004. The law grants women the right to a legal abortion on the following grounds: Up to 12 weeks of

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