KATHMANDU, May 4: Nepal urgently needs at least 1.6 million AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine doses to administer second shots as the Himalayan country is recording a surge in new coronavirus cases.

MYAGDI, May 4: The district administration of Myagdi has decided to enforce a prohibitory order in Beni Municipality effective from Wednesday for 10 days in a bid to break the chain of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection.

IPL 2021 suspended due to rising Covid-19 cases

Published On: May 4, 2021 01:45 PM NPT By: Republica

NEW DELHI, May 4: The ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended owing to an increase in the number of the coronavirus cases within the bio-bubble.

Judicial Council member Nirala succumbs to coronavirus

Published On: May 4, 2021 01:21 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 4: Laxmi Bahadur Nirala, a member of the Judicial Council, has succumbed to the coronavirus disease.

KATHMANDU, May 4: As the pandemic of the coronavirus disease is raging the country through its second wave, local administrations have been imposing prohibitory orders in order to restrict the movement of people and break the chain of transmission at the community level.

Earlier, a cabinet meeting had decided to suspend international flights only to a few countries

India's tally of coronavirus infections crosses 20 million

Published On: May 4, 2021 10:46 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 4: India's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, boosted by 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, health ministry data showed.

DHANGADHI, May 4: Nepalis are returning home from different parts of India after the second wave of COVID-19 infection spread widely in India. Every day, more than a thousand people are entering Sudurpaschim Province from Gauriphanta in Kailali and Gaddachauki in Kanchanpur. But they have been allowed to go to their home villages without undergoing PCR tests.

INDIA, May 4: India postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday, freeing them up to fight the world’s biggest surge in coronavirus infections, as the health system crumbles under the weight of new cases and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen.

37 deaths linked to the COVID-19 recorded in the past 24 hours