ROME, Nov 12: Italy, one of the European countries hit hardest by COVID-19, surpassed the one-million infections mark on Wednesday, leap-frogging Mexico to become one of the top 10 worst-affected countries globally, according to a Reuters tally.

COVID-19 has killed more than 500 COVID-19 patients since the first week of October

Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally goes past 200,000 mark

Published On: November 11, 2020 04:39 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally surpassed 200,000-mark on Wednesday as the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed 2,569 new cases in the past 24 hours.

COVID-19 beds in Bhaktapur fall empty as home isolation picks up

Published On: November 11, 2020 10:15 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Isolation centers, ICU beds and ventilators have started going empty in the Kathmandu Valley as the people diagnosed with the COVID-19 are found preferring to stay in home isolation rather than visiting hospital for treatment.

Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally is inching toward 200,000 as winter sets in; nearly half the total cases from Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: With 2,736 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the total number of infections is just 240 short of the 200,000 mark.

A meeting of high-ranking government officials has been scheduled for today to discuss procuring COVID-19 vaccines

Govt launches telemedicine in all 7 provinces to fight coronavirus

Published On: November 10, 2020 11:18 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: In an effort to help the people impacted by coronavirus, the government, on Monday, launched telemedicine in all seven provinces.

Factbox: Development of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine

Published On: November 10, 2020 10:03 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Nov 10: U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Monday became the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine.

LONDON, Nov 10: Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.