Anger mounts over UK government's decision to keep schools open

Published On: March 16, 2020 09:11 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, March 16: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash on Monday over his decision to keep schools open, with angry parents keeping their children at home and complaining that other countries were doing more to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Iran's death toll from coronavirus increases to 853: official

Published On: March 16, 2020 08:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, March 16: Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 853 with 129 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry official tweeted on Monday, adding that 14,991 people have been infected across Iran.

Crowded, poor South Asia sees steady rise in coronavirus cases

Published On: March 16, 2020 07:57 PM NPT By: Reuters

KARACHI/KABUL, March 16: Health authorities across South Asia reported rising tallies of coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the prospect of rapidly spreading outbreaks overwhelming poor medical facilities in a region that is home to a quarter of the world’s people.

Switzerland cancels parliament session, virus cases rise

Published On: March 16, 2020 07:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

ZURICH/LAUSANNE, March 16: Switzerland canceled a session of its national parliament, the government held crisis talks and the Swiss stock market plunged on Monday as new coronavirus cases accelerated.

BEIJING, March 16: China’s consumer spending and factory activity fell more than expected in January and February as it fought a virus outbreak, prompting some forecasters to warn this year’s economic growth might slump to its lowest level since the 1970s.

NC, Morang seeks government attention to rising market price

Published On: March 16, 2020 03:08 PM NPT By: RSS

BIRATNAGAR, March 16: The Nepali Congress (NC), Morang has demanded the government show its concern over a rising market price amid fear of coronavirus.

BAGLUNG, March 16: Coronavirus fear has taken its toll across the country. And Baglung district is no exception. Dhawalagiri Zonal Hospital is crowded with an increasing number of patients with common cold and fever fearing the infection, said the hospital health workers.

STOCKHOLM, March 16: The Swedish government on Monday presented a package of measures worth more than 300 billion Swedish crowns ($30.94 billion) to support the economy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus fear halts Janakpur-Patna bus service

Published On: March 16, 2020 02:12 PM NPT By: RSS

JALESHWOR, March 16: The bus service to Patna, the capital of Bihar State, India from Janakpur, the capital of Province 2, has come to a halt from today amid fear of coronavirus.

NEW YORK, March 16: Bars, restaurants, theaters and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the world to combat the spread of the coronavirus.