NEW DELHI, May 16: India’s total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 today taking the national tally to 276.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday morning.

Bring stranded Nepalis back home: NC

Published On: May 15, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, May 15: The main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded that the government facilitate the Nepalis stranded in the border areas to enter Nepal without any risk of COVID-19.

Fearing second wave, China's Wuhan ramps up coronavirus tests

Published On: May 15, 2020 08:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

WUHAN, CHINA, May 15: Authorities in Wuhan have tested over 3 million residents for the coronavirus in April and May and aim to test all of the rest, state media said, as the city at the epicentre of the original outbreak faces the threat of a second wave of infections.

36 COVID-19 patients have recovered so far

Published On: May 15, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, May 15: One more patient of COVID-19 recovered on Friday and returned home from the hospital, a Health and Population Ministry official said during a regular press briefing Friday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 15: Targeting University Students willing to go for online learning, Ncell has brought forth a Mobile Class Data Pack in collaboration with Tribhuvan University (TU).

NEW DELHI, May 15: India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs program, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

NAC operating three chartered flights to Japan

Published On: May 15, 2020 01:54 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, May 15: The national flag-carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is operating a chartered flight to Narita International Airport of Japan today.  The flight will be made by NAC's A-330 wide-body plane. The plane will fly to Japan carrying some Japanese citizens stranded in Nepal due to the lockdown and the Nepali workers and students who had come home on holiday.

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000

Published On: May 15, 2020 01:36 PM NPT By: Reuters

CHICAGO/SYDNEY, May 15: Global coronavirus deaths passed 300,000 on Thursday as infections approached 4.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States responsible for more than a quarter of all fatalities.