KATHMANDU:- Five hundred twenty-five new infection cases including 127 in the Kathmandu Valley have been added in the past 24 hours, taking the caseload to 24,957. Four deaths from the infection have been confirmed today. With this, the death toll has reached 95. The new infection cases were from..
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JHAPA:- The Mechi AMDA Hospital in the district is sealed off after a doctor in the hospital was found infected with COVID-19. All kinds of services to be provided from the hospital are halted since Wednesday. The hospital sources have shared that the infected doctor is under treatment at the..
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BIRATNAGAR:- Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Biratnagar-8 on Wednesday distributed health carer materials and home medicines to the corona-infected people staying in isolation at home. Ward committee chair Ram Pokharel informed medical materials including sanitizer, facemasks, and gloves were handed..
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BUTWAL:- Two men died at a corona special hospital in Butwal on Tuesday night. One of them was tested positive for coronavirus and another showed only symptoms, said Dr. Rajendra Khanal, medical superintendent of Lumbini Provincial Hospital. The infected deceased was a 42-year-old man from..
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By MARK STEVENSON, NICKY FORSTER and MICHELLE R. SMITH, NEW YORK, (AP):- It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double. The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on..
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By Birat Anupam, ITAHARI:- A tally shows that 2.27% of throat swab samples collected at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences have tested COVID-19 positive. According to Dr. Nidesh Sapkota, the spokesperson at the Dharan-based teaching hospital, a total of 1,9450 samples have been collected..
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KATHMANDU:- Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal has said the risk of COVID-19 would remain in Nepal until the pandemic was totally contained in India. Addressing the 61st Anniversary Programme of Paropakar Maternity and Gynaecology Hospital here today, he argued that as Nepal..
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BY Birat Anupam, ITAHARI: As of 5:30 pm today (Tuesday), the State-1 has recorded 98 pandemic patients- 64 male 34 female- the highest recorded COVID-19 tally so far in the state. According to the Corona Information Desk of the State Government, Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur Jhapa, Ilam, and..
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GANDAKI: Ward chairpersons elected from Nepali Congress (NC) in Pokhara metropolis have expressed worry over irresponsibility on the part of Gandaki State government and Pokhara metropolitan city during the time of the pandemic. On behalf of ward chairs, NC Pokhara metropolis party leader and..
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DAMAK:-Damak Hospital and Research Centre located at Damal-8 of Jhapa district have been kept under surveillance after a coronavirus infected armed police person visited the hospital for treatment. According to the hospital source, the APF person had visited the hospital for a check-up on Sunday..
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KATHMANDU: Four more persons died from coronavirus infection in the last twenty-four hours in the country. Of them, two are men and two are women. A 70-year-old woman of Kohalpur municipality-2 in Banke district died on Sunday in course of treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur...
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KATHMANDU: The number of police personnel infected with coronavirus has reached 369 across the country, the Police Headquarters, Naxal said. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Kuber Kadayat said 149 among the 369 infected police personnel have returned home after recovery and 220..
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KATHMANDU: The government has held and taken action against 395 thousand people throughout the country for not using facemask after the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19. This many people were taken under control and released after informing them of the importance of wearing..
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BHAKTAPUR: Entry to the Kathmandu Valley from several districts via the Sanga transit point has been tightened following the increasing risk of coronavirus infection in the Valley. According to Metropolitan Police Circle Jagati’s chief and deputy superintendent of police, Chakra Raj joshi, all..
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CHITWAN: In view of increasing risk of COVID-19, Bharatpur metropolis mayor Renu Dahal has urged the public to adopt security alertness with high will power. In an appeal today, she said the battle against the coronavirus can be possible only by adopting higher security alerts. "As the coronavirus..
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DAMAULI: PCR testing has been undertaken in different areas of Tanahun district to identify the status of corona infection at the community level. According to the District Health Office, the testing was carried out in the offices marked with the frequent flow of service recipients, garage..
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KATHMANDU: The Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) has decided to extend the numbers of isolation centers and quarantine facilities by considering the rising threat of the coronavirus pandemic of late. The CCMC meeting today decided to increase the isolation wards and quarantine facilities..
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JANAKPURDHAM:-In view of rising cases of coronavirus infection in the city, the ongoing prohibitory order in Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City has been extended for one more week. A meeting of the district security committee held under the chair of Chief District Officer of Dhanusha, Prem Prasad..
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NEPALGUNJ:- The District Administration Office, Banke has sealed off Nepalgunj city effective from last night amid the ongoing prohibitory order put in place to prevent further spread of coronavirus infection. The Nepal Army will maintain surveillance in the sealed area. Chief District Officer..
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SINDHUPALCHWOK: Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district has halted its services after two teachers at Seti Secondary School and Ratna Rajya Secondary School in the rural municipality were found infected with the coronavirus. The teachers had reached Jugal Rural Municipality from Salyan..
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