hroat swab samples of 1,483 people quarantined in six districts in the Sudurpashim state have been collected and sent Kathmandu for coronavirus test. The test will be carried out at the Teku-based National Public Health Laboratory. The swab collections covered Doti, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Dadeldhura, Baitadi and Achham districts. According to

A medical team deputed from district public health office has collected swab from 330 people in the district till Wednesday. It was collected from 12 quarantine centres on the suspect of COVID-19. After collecting the swab, the medical team has moved towards Kailali to collect the swab there today. Focal

At least 300 workers who were stranded along Sahajpur-Bogatan road as a result of lockdown imposed by the government over coronavirus crisis have been rescued on Friday. Federal lawmaker Prem Bahadur Ale initiated the rescue through Home Ministry, said lawmaker Ale’s personal secretary Hemanta Regmi. All the rescued workers have

-Bimal Bahadur Bista Sudurpaschim state chief minister Trilochan Bhatta has assured that there would be no shortage of food grains to citizens quarantined in nine districts of the state. In a telephonic conversation with Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Chief Minister Bhatta said necessary arrangement has been made in such a

Nine local levels in Doti district have started collecting information about Nepalis returnees from India. Chairperson of Association of Rural Municipalities Sudurpaschim Durga Dutta Ojha, said, “We have started collecting details of people who returned home from India during last one month". People’s representatives along with health workers have been

One hundred seventy five Nepali people returning home from various Indian cities have been quarantined at three quarantine homes in the district. Of them, 71 have been quarantined at Talkot of Shikhar municipality, 51 at BP Nagar of Badikedar rural municipality and 53 at Rajapur, said Dilip Singh Deuba, Chief

A campaign has been put in place to immunize around 24,550 local children from nine months to five years against measles and rubella. The campaign would last on coming 12 April, shared the District Public Health Office. Office in-charge Ramesh Malasi informed that immunization campaign would be conducted at Bogtan

Valuable properties of the historical Bhimsen Temple based in Dipalaya Silgadhi municiplaity-6, have been stolen. District Police Office chief SP Dilip Singh Deuba said the robber(s) broke up temple’s door and took away four silver metal chhatri. Around 80 tola silver-made chhatri worth amounting to million of rupees have been

Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim (Far-west) State, Trilochan Bhatta has said the state government accorded top priority to development of the historic, religious, archaeological and touristic sites in the state. He said so while laying the foundation stone for construction of a residential building of the Shaileshwori Temple Area Development Committee

The chief minister agricultural and livestock development programme has been launched in the Sudurpaschim (Far West) State. Chief Minister Trilochan Bhatta inaugurated the programme aims to promote agriculture and livestock amidst a programme organised by the Regional Agriculture Directorate, Dipayal here today. On the occasion, the chief minister pledged to