Grade 12 final exams begins amid COVID-19 risk

Published On: November 24, 2020 09:32 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: The National Examination Board (NEB) is conducting the board examination of grade 12 students from Tuesday amid the heightened risk of coronavirus infection. The exams will end on December 1.

China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups

Published On: November 23, 2020 02:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Nov 23: Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.

Jumla to build a separate COVID Hospital

Published On: November 23, 2020 02:15 PM NPT By: RSS

JUMLA, Nov 23: The District Disaster Management Committee, Jumla, has decided to build a well-equipped hospital in the district for the treatment of COVID-19.

Two more die of COVID-19 at BPKIHS

Published On: November 23, 2020 01:30 PM NPT By: Rohit Rai

DHARAN, Nov 23: Two more people died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan.

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show

Published On: November 23, 2020 01:17 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Nov 23:  AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus, developed along with the University of Oxford, could be around 90% effective under one dosing regimen.

KATHMANDU, November 23: As Nepal's COVID-19 test positivity rate hovers around 20 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) officials are deeply concerned, saying that many more active cases are being left out.

Hunger is more dreadful than any disease, forcing us to leave our homeland, they say

Humla District Hospital closed

Published On: November 22, 2020 08:25 PM NPT By: RSS

HUMLA, Nov 22: All but emergency services have been suspended in District Hospital, Humla from Sunday after a doctor working at the hospital tested positive for the virus.

Nepal sees highest single-day COVID-19 recovery of 5,699 on Sunday

Published On: November 22, 2020 05:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: A total of 5,699 persons who had earlier tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovered in the past one day, the Ministry of Health and Population said in its daily COVID-19 update.

Health worker from Siraha dies of COVID-19 in Biratnagar

Published On: November 22, 2020 02:45 PM NPT By: Binod Subedi

BIRATNAGAR, Nov 22: A health worker from Siraha has died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Biratnagar.