The government has further tightened the southern border points of the country to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection with people infiltrating through the porous border. Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa shared that additional teams of Armed Police Force have been deputed to also keep a check on
The Ministry of Health and Population has established COVID-19 crisis management centre (CCMC) in all 77 districts to prevent and control coronavirus. The information was shared at the regular press conference organised by the Ministry on Wednesday. Under the CCMC, Armed Police Force hospital and Nepal Army hospital in Kathmandu
– Prakash Silwal/Sharad Sharma The government is to double the Coronavirus testing capacity following the demand for the same from the States and districts. The current capacity in a total of 10 laboratories doing the test is 3,000 tests per day across the country. This will be expanded through installation,
Taking over a domestic dispute, a woman has allegedly killed her two-year-old son before trying to attempt suicide. She however failed in killing herself and is now admitted to a hospital. Mamata Devi Ram,26, a resident of Sonam rural municipality fed her son poison and also consumed herself. Following the
(Ramesh Lamsal) The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has been working actively to make sure that there is smooth supply of essential goods including food items during the ongoing nationwide lockdown. Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatta and his team have been visiting several food stores in
The Lumbini State Hospital has decided to relieve five doctors from the duty citing they remained absent without any official information. Those doctors had been with the hospital as specialists. As they are absent for around one and half month, they are sacked today, according to Hospital medical superintendent Dr
(Sher Bahadur Singh and Narendra Singh Karki) A total of 1,408 persons have been kept in quarantines set up in all nine districts of Sudurpaschim State, which is taken as vulnerable State in terms of coronavirus spread. The State has 301 quarantines capacious to accommodate some 5,042, according to the
The NMB Bank has provided personal protection equipment (PPE) essential for medical workers especially during the treatment of infectious diseases to the State 2 government. Bank deposit manager Mithilesh Kumar Jha handed 100 sets of PPE to Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut this morning. On the occasion, the Chief Minister said
Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the country’s sole international airport, has remained closed for around a month due to the rapidly spreading pandemic of coronavirus. However, the airport continues to see international flights during a nationwide lockdown against the disease for two weeks. As informed by the Civil Aviation Authority of
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has condemned the threat issued to FNJ Khotang secretary Uttam Chaulagain over the publication of news. Nepali Congress president in the district Naresh Kumar Shrestha issued the threat over the news publication. Chaulagain had published a news story on www.prabhavnews.com three days back. Issuing
