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All five COVID-19 cases in Nepal imported; 2nd and 5th patients shared same Qatar Airways flight on March 17
Published On: March 29, 2020 11:40 AM NPT By: Kamal Subedi
KATHMANDU, March 28: Coronavirus infections in Nepal have climbed to five today after a 19-year-old female who returned to the country from Belgium via Qatar tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said.
Valley's waste collection resumes
Published On: March 29, 2020 11:25 AM NPT By: Aditi Baral
KATHMANDU, March 29: Lately Ghanashyam Adhikari has been waking up with many questions wandering in his head. When the major question is 'when shall this lockdown end', the other question is when will the sanitation workers and garbage men come for garbage collection?
Police take action against over 600 people for violating lockdown orders in capital
Published On: March 29, 2020 10:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 29: People were found defying the government's lockdown orders today as well.
Defying lockdown, people flock to streets, shops in Bhaktapur (with photos)
Published On: March 29, 2020 09:55 AM NPT By: Dipesh Shrestha
KATHMANDU, March 29: As the country entered the sixth day of nationwide lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic, people in Bhaktapur were found flocking to streets and shops defying lockdown orders announced by the government.
Sobhraj's name among list of inmates to be freed
Published On: March 29, 2020 09:46 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 29: Government authorities have listed the name of international serial killer Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj among the inmates to be freed under the government's arrangement to protect vulnerable inmates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nepal's prisons.
32 tourists rescued from Manaslu
Published On: March 29, 2020 09:38 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota
GORKHA, March 29: The local administration has rescued 32 tourists from Manaslu trekking route in the last three days. The tourists who trekked to the popular destination were stranded due to lockdown imposed in the country over the risk of novel coronavirus. According to Harka Rokka, an official at the district administration office, the tourists were rescued from Wednesday to Saturday and some of them have already been sent off to Kathmandu.
Infected in Dhangadi traveled to many places, contacted many
Published On: March 29, 2020 07:33 AM NPT By: DIL BAHADUR CHHATYAL
DHANGADHI, March 29: The novel coronavirus infected man from Dhangadi who is undergoing treatment at Seti Regional Hospital has been found to have met dozens of people after coming to Nepal from Dubai. Talking to Republica, he said that a friend from Biratnagar was in the same Delhi – Kathmandu flight on 20 March. "At that time, we were a total of 19 people from Nepal from Dubai to Delhi, and then I was with a friend from Biratnagar for the flight to Kathmandu from Delhi," he said.
Govt to supply much-needed medical kits to provinces via choppers
Published On: March 29, 2020 07:11 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 29: The government has been bringing 30 tons of medical kits including the much-needed swab testing kits for the laboratories and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for doctors from China on a chartered flight of the national flag career.
900 German, French and EU nationals flown back home from Nepal
Published On: March 29, 2020 06:58 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 29: A total of 600 foreign nationals including Germans and citizens of other European Union (EU) nations stranded in Nepal as a result of the government's decision to enforce nation-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) were flown back to their home countries at the initiative of the German Embassy in Kathmandu.
Financial irregularities suspected in procurement of medical equipment from China
Published On: March 29, 2020 06:50 AM NPT By: Sunil Sapkota
KATHMANDU, March 29: It has been revealed that the medical equipment and other logistics that the government has procured from China for the treatment of coronavirus-infected patients have been purchased at exorbitantly high prices, raising serious concerns over massive financial irregularities in the deal.
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