Five Nepalis in the US die from COVID-19

Published On: April 5, 2020 09:25 PM NPT By: RSS

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5: Five Nepalis have died from coronavirus in the United States of America, it has been confirmed.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The government, on March 23, appealed to individuals and organizations to contribute to the ‘COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment fund’. About 1.81 billion rupees has been collected as of Saturday, according to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM).

Infected youth's family members test negative

Published On: April 5, 2020 03:23 PM NPT By: RSS

DHANGADI, April 5: Seven members of the youth infected by Coronavirus, and undergoing treatment at Seti State Hospital, have tested negative to the virus.

Patients that need regular dialysis have nowhere to go

Published On: April 5, 2020 12:55 PM NPT By: Kunga Hyolmo

KATHMANDU, April 5: The government has been enforcing nationwide lockdown for the nearly two weeks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But the lockdown has been taking its toll on the patients with chronic conditions. One such case has been recently noticed on social media. Sweta and Swati Adhikari tweeted to share their mother's serious health issue. She has to go for regular kidney dialysis.

After an eight-year struggle, embattled Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has finally received some validation. His 600-page proof of the abc conjecture, one of the biggest open problems in number theory, has been accepted for publication.

Two Nepali nationals die after falling ill in United States

Published On: April 5, 2020 10:41 AM NPT By: Hom Lamsal

UNITED STATES, April 5: New York-based two Nepali nationals died recently after falling ill.

KATHMANDU, April 5: At least Nine Nepali migrant workers have been infected by the coronavirus in Bahrain, prompting Prime Minister KP Oli to hold telephone conversation with his Bahrain counterpart on Saturday about the safety and well-being of the Nepali migrant workers there.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Although the World Health Organization has been urging the countries across the globe to 'test, test, test' in order to control the possible outbreak of COVID-19, the government of Nepal has only tested around 850 suspects in the last 12 days since the lockdown was imposed on March 24.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The government has further tightened the measures against coronavirus as the crisis entered the second phase with the confirmation of the first locally transmitted case in Kailali district on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF on Friday announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.