DELHI, April 17: India battled a record surge in COVID-19 cases on Friday as hospitals ran out of oxygen and beds, while politicians held election rallies and hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees attended a weeks-long festival, infuriating health officials.

Nepalgunj Sub-metropolis decides to stop physical classes in schools and colleges from Sunday.

NEPALGUNJ, April 16: COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Nepalgunj once again. Academic institutions are seen to be highly vulnerable to COVID-19 as a number of students and teachers have already been infected with the virus.

Birgunj turns into COVID-19 hotspot, once again

Published On: April 16, 2021 12:02 PM NPT By: Republica

BIRGUNJ, April 16: Birgunj Metropolitan City has turned into a COVID-19 hotspot once again as the second wave of the viral disease hits Nepal and its neighboring country, India severely.

NEPALGUNJ, April 16: As many as 49 COVID-19 patients currently undergoing treatment at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj are in serious condition.

Nepal records 490 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

Published On: April 15, 2021 08:02 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 15: A total of 490 new cases of COVID-19 infections were recorded in the past 24 hours in the country. With this, the total caseload has reached 282,054 so far in the country.

NEW DELHI, April 15:  Many Indian hospitals were scrambling for beds and oxygen as COVID-19 infections surged to a new daily record on Thursday, with a second wave of infections centred on the rich western state of Maharashtra.

KATHMANDU, April 15: A total of 14 districts across the country including the Kathmandu Valley have been extremely affected by the second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the government.

COVID infected woman dies in Biratnagar

Published On: April 15, 2021 11:31 AM NPT By: Republica

MORANG, April 15: A woman died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar on Thursday. A 46-year-old woman from Biratnagar, who was infected with the coronavirus, died at 4AM this morning, according to the hospital.

POKHARA, April 14: A huge number of domestic tourists thronged the lake city, Pokhara, on the occasion of the Nepali New year 2078.