Iraq extends curfew in Baghdad to contain coronavirus

Published On: March 22, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 22: Iraq’s government has extended a curfew on travel in and out of Baghdad until March 28 as part of strict measures to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, it said in a statement on Sunday.

38-year-old man dies in India's Patna

Published On: March 22, 2020 07:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 22: A 38-year-old man with a travel history of Qatar died at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Patna, the capital of Indian State of Bihar, media reports said today.

HM Thapa urges India to control cross border movement

Published On: March 22, 2020 07:20 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

KATHMANDU, March 22: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has urged India for collaboration in controlling mobility along Nepal-India border as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

KATHMANDU, March 22: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has said that it will provide its physical structures for temporary quarantine and isolation facilities if necessary.

DUBAI, March 22: The United States’ offer to help Iran in its fight against the new coronavirus pandemic is strange, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech on Sunday, describing U.S. leaders as “charlatans and liars”.

EPF closes financial transactions until April 3

Published On: March 22, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, March 22: Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Pulchowk, Lalitpur has closed its all financial transactions until April 3 over coronavirus fear.

Malaysia reports 123 new coronavirus cases, total at 1,306

Published On: March 22, 2020 04:32 PM NPT By: Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22: Malaysia reported 123 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total to 1,306 cases, with 10 deaths.

NEW DELHI, March 22: Indian migrant workers attempting to reach their home villages crowded a railway station in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, defying a 14-hour “people’s curfew” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called to stem a surge in coronavirus cases in the world’s second-most populous country.

WASHINGTON, March 22: The virus pandemic advanced Sunday after the U.S. and Europe reported soaring new cases, prompting a scramble in some regions to set up additional hospital beds and replenish much-needed medical supplies.

The man returned from Thailand adopts self-quarantine in Jhapa

Published On: March 22, 2020 03:59 PM NPT By: RSS

BHADRAPUR, March 22: At a time when the government has taken sweeping measures to avoid COVID-19 in the country, a person returned to Bhadrapur of Jhapa from Thailand has adopted self-quarantine.