JOHANNESBURG, Dec 1: On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.

LONDON/AMSTERDAM, Nov 29: The Omicron coronavirus variant spread around the world on Sunday, with new cases found in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia even as more countries imposed travel restriction to try to seal themselves off.

Bird Flu detected in Kathmandu

January 30, 2021 17:45 pm

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The government has confirmed that bird flu (H5N1) was detected in Kathmandu on Saturday.

DUBLIN, Dec 26: Ireland confirmed on Friday the presence of a highly infectious new coronavirus variant whose presence in the United Kingdom has brought travel bans from a number of countries.

NAWALPARASI, April 29: So far 21 Malaria patients have been detected in Nawalparasi.

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 13; South Korea said it detected an earthquake Friday near North Korea's main nuclear test site, the fourth since the country's sixth and most powerful nuclear test explosion last month. Some experts suggested the area is now too unstable to conduct more bomb tests.

DHADING, Oct 6: Cases of dengue infection have steadily gone up in Dhading since the past two weeks. As of now, 27 cases of dengue have been detected in the district by local clinics and the district hospital.

CHITWAN, Aug 20: A teenage girl has tested positive for dengue in Chitwan district which has been battling with the spread of scrub typhus and swine flu virus.

Kala-azar case detected in Kanchanpur

August 18, 2017 12:54 pm

KANCHANPUR, August 18: A case of Kala-azar (leishmaniasis), a disease that is caused by a parasite transmitted through the sand fly bites, has been detected in Kanchanpur.

GORKHA, August 14: Swine flu has been detected in three persons from Gankhu and two from Laxmi Bazaar here in the district.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Carbamate residue has been found in vegetables brought to the Kathmandu Valley from different districts.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Twenty cases of H1N1 influenza, generally known as swine flu, were detected in the Kathmandu Valley recently, according to health experts.

KATHMANDU, March 25: On an average, 120 new cases of tuberculosis are detected in Nepal daily, despite the government's attempts to end the epidemic by 2035.

KATHMANDU, March3:  A person was confirmed contracting H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, at the Sukraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital at Teku in the capital city.

Bird flu detected in Pokhara

February 25, 2017 15:23 pm

POKHARA, Feb 25: Bird flu which is also known as avian influenza has been detected in Pokha.

BAJURA, Jan 10: A total of 15 village development committees of the district have been selected for protecting the drinking water resources from global warming.