KATHMANDU, July 19: Traffic police personnel are busy inspecting the public vehicles in Kathmandu as public transportation resumed a few days ago.

KATHMANDU, July 19: The Ministry of Health and Population has reported 156 new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal in the past 24 hours.  They tested positive out of 3,741 real time PCR tests carried out during this period at 27 different labs across the country.

LONDON, July 19: Russia’s ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country’s intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine.

UNITED STATES, July 19: Johns Hopkins University says the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000.

BRUSSELS, July 19: European Union leaders on Saturday extended their summit by an extra day in the hope they were finally closing in on a deal for an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal has reported as many as 57 more cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours. With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 17,502.

U.S. passenger flights to India can resume July 23

Published On: July 18, 2020 08:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, July 18: The government of India has agreed to allow U.S. air carriers to resume passenger services in the U.S.-India market starting July 23, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday.

MUMBAI, July 17: India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns.

Man commits suicide at quarantine facility in Lamjung

Published On: July 17, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 17: A 23-year-old man has committed suicide at a quarantine facility in Kwaholasothar Rural Municipality in Lamjung.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal’s COVID-19 tally has reached 17,445.