KATHMANDU, May 23: Nepal’s COVID-19 positivity was 44 percent as of Saturday.

KATHMANDU, May 23: The growth rate of new COVID-19 cases in the Kathmandu Valley has remained constant for around a week. The Kathmandu Valley has been witnessing around 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 daily on average for the past one week, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

ROLPA, May 22: As many as 74 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in Rolpa. With this, the total number of infections in the district has reached 678 out of which 11 have died.

TAPLEJUNG, May 22: The Ministry of Finance has agreed to provide Rs 180 million to 13 hospitals across the country including Taplejung District Hospital to purchase and set up oxygen plants.

Oxygen plant to be set up at Hetauda Hospital

Published On: May 22, 2021 04:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: Preparations are currently underway to build an oxygen plant at Hetauda Hospital in order to ease the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the district with the help of funding from private businesses and industries.

Eight die of COVID-19 in Banke

Published On: May 22, 2021 03:48 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: As many as eight patients undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Bheri Hospital and the Teaching Hospital in Banke died on Saturday.

KHOTANG, May 22: The Khotang Chamber of Commerce and Industry has distributed face masks and sanitizers to the police personnel deployed in the frontlines of the mid-hilly highway in the district.

KATHMANDU, May 22:  A special cargo flight from Switzerland carrying medical supplies worth USD 8 million arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Saturday morning.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Medical supplies from the United States of America (USA) and Switzerland will arrive in Nepal today to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.

BIRATNAGAR, May 22: Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar has built a COVID-19 hospital, including ventilators and 62 beds to treat the COVID-19 infected patients.