MUMBAI, April 4: India’s richest state, Maharashtra, announced stringent COVID-19 restrictions from Monday, after a rapid rise in infections now accounting for more than half the daily new cases in India.

KATHMANDU, April 4: Government has decided to administer COVID-19 vaccines donated by China from April 7.

56  India returnees antigen-tested, positive for COVID-19

Published On: April 4, 2021 07:19 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, April 4: As many as 56 Nepali people, who have returned home from various cities of neighboring India, have been antigen-tested and found positive for COVID-19 on Friday and Saturday.

Nepal has so far failed to test new COVID-19 variants

Published On: April 4, 2021 12:22 PM NPT By: BP Aryal

KATHMANDU, April 4:  The government has not been working to diagnose and tackle the new variants of COVID-19 though the number of COVID-19 infections is increasing in the recent weeks.

KATHMANDU, April 4: With the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in India, the number of infections has also been rising in Nepal since the last two weeks.

KATHMANDU, April 3: The country reported a total of 128 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. With this, the caseload of coronavirus in the country reached 277,768.

India's daily coronavirus infections hit six-month high

Published On: April 3, 2021 11:01 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, April 3: India’s daily coronavirus infections hit another record on Saturday for the highest tally since September, while daily deaths reached a five-month high, a Reuters count based on data from the health ministry showed.

KANCHANPUR, April 3: Twenty-four people, who had recently returned home from India, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

NEW DELHI, April 3: The chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state warned on Friday of a full lockdown to curb coronavirus infections if people did not limit their movement, as the country hit a six-month high for daily cases.

NEW DELHI, April 1:  India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday in its biggest push yet against a surging coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since early October, officials said.