KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Asarfi Tole in Koteshwar, Kathmandu, has been sealed off after some people in the area were recently diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

'Nearly 28 percent of Kathmanduites do not wear facemasks'

Published On: August 10, 2020 03:07 PM NPT By: Republica

Of the people wearing masks, 27.34 percent don’t know how to wear them properly

Curfew to be clamped in Hetauda from Monday midnight

Published On: August 10, 2020 02:52 PM NPT By: Ashok Sujan Shrestha

MAKWANPUR, Aug 10: The District Security Committee, Makwanpur, has decided to enforce curfew orders in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City, the capital of Bagmati Province, and in a section of the East-West Highway in Manahari Rural Municipality from Monday midnight.

COVID-19 suspect dies at Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur

Published On: August 10, 2020 02:49 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 10: A 64-year-old man who has been suspected of contracting novel coronavirus died at Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur on Monday. The man who was a patient of diabetes and pneumonia was admitted to the hospital on July 30 and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

DHARAN, Aug 10: Nine individuals including four Indian Army men tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dharan on Monday.

KAPILVASTU, Aug 10: After detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in five of its employees on Sunday, Kapilvastu Hospital decided to suspend all its services except emergency services from Monday.

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 436 to 216,327: RKI

Published On: August 10, 2020 12:32 PM NPT By: Reuters

BERLIN, Aug 10: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 436 to 216,327, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday.

BIRGUNJ, Aug 9 : The rapidly-spreading novel coronavirus has not only cost the lives of the infected people in Birgunj but the chaotic situation has fallen hard on other patients as well. We now know that like the rest of the country, Birgunj was woefully ill-prepared to deal with the pandemic. Families of the victims have decried massive delays in medical response, hassles of PCR tests and the lack of proper counseling. A case in point, Chalitra Mahato, 64, died of coronavirus-like symptoms at the gate of a hospital on Thursday. Though his report a day before had come negative for the virus, the family has questioned the authenticity of the report.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) has decided to recommend to the government not to immediately resume aviation services and long-distance public transport as announced earlier. The government on July 21 had decided to resume these services from August 17.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: As many as 92 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-190 were recorded in the Kathmandu Valley in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).