KATHMANDU, April 1: Nepalis who received the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on January 27 are unlikely to receive the second shot on time due to the government’s failure to procure the vaccine.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged chief district officers (CDOs) across the country to restrict all kinds of mass gatherings in view of the rising cases of COVID-19.

Sri Lanka gets donated vaccine doses from China

Published On: March 31, 2021 04:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 31: Sri Lanka received 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China as a donation on Wednesday.

GENEVA/ZURICH, March 31: Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

DHANGADHI, March 30: Districts adjoining the neighboring country India are witnessing a sharp rise in new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

NEW DELHI, March 30: India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday, with the second wave of the disease driven by surging infections in the country’s richest state Maharastra.

WHO report says animals likely source of COVID

Published On: March 29, 2021 05:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, March 29: A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi on Monday handed over 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Chinese government to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

KATHMANDU, March 29: COVID-19 vaccines donated to Nepal by the Chinese government arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Monday.

Maharashtra considers total lockdown as virus cases jump

Published On: March 29, 2021 09:04 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI, March 29: India’s richest state, Maharashtra, is considering imposing a strict lockdown this week after recording the highest one-day jump in coronavirus infections of any Indian state since last March, officials said on Sunday.