SOCIETY, Latest Updates
WHO and UNICEF join hands through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
WHO and UNICEF join hands through COVID-19 Solidarity Respon...
KATHMANDU, April 5: The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF on Friday announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.
Apr 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal in second stage of COVID-19 transmission
Nepal in second stage of COVID-19 transmission
KATHMANDU, April 5: With the confirmation of the first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in Nepal, epidemiologists have warned that the case is a sign of possible outbreak of the deadly disease in the country. Alarmed by the latest report, they have urged the government to focus on “TEST” as recomme...
Apr 05, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Ruling NCP leaders demand Secretariat meeting as govt faces widespread criticism
Ruling NCP leaders demand Secretariat meeting as govt faces...
KATHMANDU, April 5: As the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)-led government has courted a series of controversy at a time when the cases of Covid-19 are increasing in the country, a section of leaders of the ruling party has demanded a meeting of the Secretariat - the party's apex body - at the earliest....
Apr 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
First case of novel coronavirus in a person without recent travel history
First case of novel coronavirus in a person without recent t...
DHANGADHI, April 5: What had been feared in the far-west for some time has now come true with a person without any recent travel history testing positive for the novel coronavirus. While three people from Sudurpaschim Province tested positive for COVID19 on Saturday alone, the infection has been con...
Apr 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Tara Air ferrying essential food supplies to Humla
Tara Air ferrying essential food supplies to Humla
KATHMANDU, April 4: Tara Air is ferrying essential food supplies to Simikot, Humla at the request Nepal Food Corporation.
Apr 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case, doctors warn of outbreak
Nepal reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case, docto...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Nepal has witnessed its first locally transmitted case of novel coronavirus on Saturday, more than two months after the country reported its first COVID-19 case on January 24.
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
14-day quarantine period is not enough to prevent spread of COVID-19: MoHP
14-day quarantine period is not enough to prevent spread of...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday said that 14-day quarantine period is not enough to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Apr 04, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Indian officials warn of lockdown extensions as COVID-19 cases in South Asia near 6,000
Indian officials warn of lockdown extensions as COVID-19 cas...
MUMBAI, April 4: The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on movement and warned lockdowns could be extended in a bid to rein in the pandemic.
Apr 04, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Britain set for long lockdown as death toll rises to 4,313
Britain set for long lockdown as death toll rises to 4,313
LONDON, April 4: Britain is unlikely to lift its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May, once the spread of the coronavirus has started to slow, a leading government adviser said on Saturday as the death toll rose to 4,313.
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nepal
Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 4: Three new coronavirus cases confirmed in Nepal, the Ministry of Health and Population said today.
Apr 04, 2020