Several news reports emerged that Russia was supplying 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal

4,021 real time PCR tests on average a day conducted since the first test on January 23

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The local administrations of the federal capital of the country, the Kathmandu Valley, had decided to allow public passenger vehicles to ply the roads according to the odd-even rule by following health safety protocols and limiting the number of passengers to half the capacity. However, due to the lack of proper inspection by the responsible governing bodies, the public vehicles are turning into hotspots for COVID-19 transmission.

Russia to supply 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal

Published On: September 29, 2020 05:01 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Sept 29: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday it had agreed to supply 25 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal via Trinity Pharmaceuticals, which it described as a private healthcare firm and key distributor there.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Nepal witnessed 1,513 cases, 731 recoveries, and 10 fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) said on Tuesday afternoon.

The Valley’s COVID-19 death toll hits 137 and case tally crosses the 23,000 mark

BENGALURU, Sept 29: Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday it would get a further $150 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccines alliance to make an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for India and other low- and middle-income countries next year.

Timeline: How the global coronavirus pandemic unfolded

Published On: September 29, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED STATES: Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the world:

TUTH staffer dies of COVID-19

Published On: September 29, 2020 01:01 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sep 29: A staffer of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) died of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 on Tuesday morning.

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

Published On: September 29, 2020 10:02 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, Sept 29: The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.