Twenty-three more Nepali returnees have been taken to quarantine facility set up at Kharipati in Bhaktapur district. With this, the score of people quarantined in the Kharipati facility has reached 96, including 77 male and 19 female, informed Nepal Army Birdal Battalion Commander Colonel Shiva Prasad Poudel. A team of
Various medical support materials used in testing and preventing coronavirus were distributed to two health facilities in Sindhupalchowk on Wednesday. Nepali Congress (NC) central member and former Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mohan Bahadur Basnet took the initiative to arrange coronavirus preventive aids. Medical aids including sanitizer, soap, face
As cases of COVID-19 escalate in South Asia, one of the world’s poorest and most populous regions, Amnesty International (AI) calls on the authorities in the region to put human rights at the heart of their responses and intensify efforts to protect marginalized and vulnerable groups at higher risk, including
– Jeevan Khatri The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA), South Korea is to immediately provide 2,000 kits for testing for coronavirus to the Government of Nepal. NRNA Korea has said an agreement has already been reached with Dogen, the company that supplies the kits, for the supply of 2,000 units of
Construction of the Arun Third Hydroelectricity Project has been halted due to the coronavirus menace. The 900-Megawatts capacity project is being built in Sankhuwasabha. The Project Office here has said construction works on the project have been suspended after the government announced a lockdown on Tuesday to prevent the spread
The Chautara Sangachokgadhi Municipality has started distributing face masks free of cost to the municipality residents to keep coronavirus pandemic at bay. The municipality distributed 12,200 units of face masks on Wednesday. It distributed 1,000 units of face mask at Ward No 8, two thousand units at Ward No 5
– Prakash Adhikari Surkhet, the capital of Karnali State, is quiet after the government announced a lockdown for prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Also known as Birendranagar, Surkhet, was deserted on Wednesday, the second day of the lockdown, after the people were ordered to stay indoors except for very essential
The Nepali Janasamparka Samiti, a well-wisher organisation of the Nepali Congress has provided Rs 135,441 to the National Invention Centre (NIC). The fund was collected and by the Samiti’s branches in Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Nepali Congress Spokesperson Bishwo Prakash Sharma contributed Rs 10,000 from his
The government is to resume imports from the transit points with China—Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani. This will be done after fulfilling the health related protocol set by the Ministry of Health and Population, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. The COVID-19 infection prevention and control high-level committee led by
– Bhojraj Karki Altogether 10 foreign tourists were rescued from various places in the Khumbu region to Kathmandu amid the nation-wide lockdown after they were reported with health issues. Six tourists were airlifted on Tuesday while four from Pangboche at Budhakar Rural Municipality in the region on Wednesday, shared Chief
