KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Comedian Hari Bansa Acharya and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

15 vaccine clinical trials underway in Africa

Published On: October 6, 2020 05:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6: Fifteen clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines are underway across the African continent, according to a comment published in the journal Nature by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Nine more fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded across Nepal in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 563.

New cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Valley in the past 24 hours account for 65.58 percent of the total cases recorded across the country

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Nepal on Tuesday confirmed 1,551 new cases of the coronavirus infection, reported the Ministry of Health and Population.

WASHNGTON, Oct 6: Now that he has contracted COVID-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation, seven months into the pandemic and after almost 210,000 American deaths, is not the first time he has relied on personal experience to shape his views.

4,264 cases, 3,047 recoveries, 36 deaths so far

Published On: October 6, 2020 01:08 PM NPT By: Republica

COVID-19 recovery rate in Gandaki Province is 71.49 percent while the death rate stands at 0.84 percent

GENEVA, Oct 6: The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday the agency’s “best estimates” indicate roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.

MORANG, Oct 6: Two more COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in Morang district on Tuesday. Both the patients were undergoing treatment at the Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar.

India's coronavirus infections rise to 6.69 million

Published On: October 6, 2020 11:29 AM NPT By: Reuters

BENGALURU, Oct 6: India’s total coronavirus cases rose by 61,267 in the last 24 hours to 6.69 million on Tuesday morning, data from the health ministry showed.