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Govt proposes three weeks leave for civil servants contracting COVID-19

Published On: November 8, 2020 11:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Management ( MoFAGM) has proposed a two to three weeks holiday to those civil servants contracting coronavirus disease.

544 more Nepalis contract COVID-19 outside of Nepal; death toll hits 285

Published On: November 8, 2020 09:54 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: A total of 544 Nepalis abroad have contracted coronavirus, and 1,163 have recovered from the virus in the past one week.

Remdesivir costing Rs 5,600 being sold for more than Rs 40,000

Published On: November 8, 2020 08:37 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Remdesivir, an antiviral medication, which has been permitted to be used as an emergency medication against COVID-19 by the government, has been found being sold at exorbitantly higher prices.

Nepal has witnessed 191,636 COVID-19 infections since Jan 23; 2,753 added on Saturday

Published On: November 7, 2020 04:56 PM NPT By: Republica

Of the 35,435 active patients of COVID-19 across the country, Kathmandu district alone has 15,455

Pokhara’s COVID-19 case tally surpasses 3,200 with over 2,000 active cases

Published On: November 7, 2020 02:15 PM NPT By: SANDESH SHRESTHA

The metropolis has recorded 50 COVID-19 related deaths so far

Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

Published On: November 7, 2020 10:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, Nov 7: Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. Some companies had suggested early trial data could be ready for release in October, but have since pushed that back to November and December.