KATHMANDU, Aug 29: More than two-thirds of Nepal's schoolchildren are deprived of distance learning during their school closures, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) stated in a report on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Seventy-one media persons tested positive for coronavirus across the country as of Friday, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) said.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Nepal recorded 12 more coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) said on Friday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Nepal's COVID-19 tally surpassed the 36,000-mark on Friday with 927 new cases of coronavirus recorded in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) said.

POKHARA, Aug 28: The COVID-19 death toll in Gandaki Province reached 10 on Friday as a 52-year-old man from Pokhara Metropolitan City-16 succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease earlier this afternoon.

Industrialist Binod Chaudhary tests positive for COVID-19

Published On: August 28, 2020 02:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Industrialist Binod Chaudhary said on Friday that he has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Two more succumb to COVID-19 in Chitwan

Published On: August 28, 2020 12:40 PM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

DHADING, Aug 28: Two more people have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One patient each died while undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College (CMC) and Pushpanjali Hospital in Chitwan.

BHAKTAPUR, Aug 28: A woman has died of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in Bhaktapur on Friday.

India reports record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections

Published On: August 28, 2020 11:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Aug 28: India reported a record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total to 3.39 million, as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed.

Two COVID-19 patients, 56 and 83, die at BPKIHS

Published On: August 28, 2020 09:30 AM NPT By: Chuman Basnet

MORANG, Aug 28: Two COVID-19 patients have died in Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS). They were 56 and 83.