WORLD
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infect...
INDIA, May 6: India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countryside.
May 06, 2021
SOCIETY
TUTH adds 140 dedicated beds for COVID-19 patients
TUTH adds 140 dedicated beds for COVID-19 patients
KATHMANDU, May 6: Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has added 140 dedicated beds in its new building for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
May 06, 2021
Republica Watch, Coronavirus
Hukam increased price of vaccine by 50%, just 12 days after SII communication
Hukam increased price of vaccine by 50%, just 12 days after...
KATHMANDU, May 6: The government’s failure to purchase Covishield vaccine on time has resulted in the loss of countless lives. As the saga unfolds, new details have emerged of the middlemen who wanted to pocket millions in the midst of the worst pandemic this country has seen in decades.
May 06, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Health ministry vows action against private hospitals charging exorbitant fees
Health ministry vows action against private hospitals chargi...
KATHMANDU, May 6: The Ministry of Health and Population has vowed to take action against the private hospitals if they are found charging COVID-19 patients exorbitantly high fees.
May 06, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘inevitable’
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘i...
INDIA, May 6: A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
How Hukam derailed Nepal’s vaccine procurement: a story of power, greed and commission
How Hukam derailed Nepal’s vaccine procurement: a story of p...
Minister Tripathi had indicated the middlemen as ‘powerful ghosts’
May 06, 2021
SOCIETY, Lifestyle, Myth Buster
Covid-19’s known unknowns
Covid-19’s known unknowns
The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust them
In 2019, the medical historian Mark Honigsbaum concluded his book The Pandemic Century by saying: “The only thing that is certain is that there will be new plagues and new pandemics. It is not a question of if, but when.”
May 06, 2021
WORLD
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access t...
WASHINGTON DC, May 6: President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse extends sideways movement, hydro stocks rally
Nepse extends sideways movement, hydro stocks rally
KATHMANDU, May 5: After opening 20 points higher in the morning, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell below the opening level within first half hour of trading. The index climbed around 12 points at mid-day, but stocks erased gains to revert to the opening level for the second time in the aft...
May 05, 2021
ECONOMY
Second wave of COVID-19 increases risk of worsening income inequality: Finance Minister Po...
Second wave of COVID-19 increases risk of worsening income i...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The second wave of COVID-19 has fuelled the worsening conditions mainly of the people in low income and vulnerable groups, which will aggravate the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor, said Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel.
May 05, 2021