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Coronavirus: ‘Deadly resurgence’ if curbs lifted too early, WHO warns

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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TU Examinations scheduled for Baisakh and Jestha postponed until further notice

Tribhuvan University has postponed all the examination scheduled to be held in Baisakh and Jestha until further notice. The meeting of the Tribhuvan University Central Examination Board, held on Thursday, has decided to postpone all the examinations and tests scheduled for coming two months as a prevention to against outbreak of pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19). According

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China seeks to contain ‘silent carriers’ of coronavirus

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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National lockdown extended until April 15

The government has decided to extend the national lockdown for one more week until 15th April, 2020 (midnight). The decision was arrived upon after a ministerial meeting, and upon the advice of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population. MoHP had suggested the government to extend the lockdown by at least a week. MoHP, who will

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Rapid tests to be done in Baglung, Kailali and Kanchanpur

The government has decided to conduct rapid tests in three districts of Nepal – Kanchanpur, Kailali, and Baglung. Kanchanpur and Kailali have 4 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and Baglung has 2. “We want to ensure that all those who have come in contact with COVID-19 patients are tested for the virus and the government will

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Government announces relief packages

The government has announced relief packages to those affected by the COVID-19. The high-level committee meeting on Sunday brought a relief package across different sectors: International Borrowing: The government has decided to borrow more than 22 billion in the form of international loans to avail convenient loans to provide relief packages to people affected from

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Government to extend lockdown till April 8

The meeting of the High-Level Committee on Prevention and Control of COVID-19 on Sunday decided the lockdown period should be extended till April 8. The government has also extended the ban on international flights to Nepal till April 15. After the government considered to extend lockdown period in a meeting on Sunday, another meeting was

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52 traveling to Birgunj hiding in truck container arrested

Police have arrested 52 passengers who arrived in Birgunj from Kathmandu while hiding inside a truck container. They were taken into custody by police from Birgunj’s Ghantaghar at midnight on Tuesday. They had arrived in Birgunj via Hetauda from Kathmandu, violating rules of lockdown. They left Kathmandu on a container of Na 5 Kha 9552,

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Indian PM Modi tells citizens to save themselves from coronavirus as Delhi locks down

Streets were deserted in the Indian capital on Monday and office buildings shuttered as a lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus began and Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to stay at home and save themselves. India has reported 415 cases of the coronavirus and seven deaths but health experts have warned that

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