Further alertness in area of COVID-19 infected person in Bhaktapur 

Police have sealed Dhaulabasti at Bhelukhel of Bhaktapur Municipality-5 after a local 42-year-old male was tested positive for the coronavirus. He was taken to a hospital at 1:00 am today, acording to Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur.    

Government to give jobs to 2.6 million people next year 

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun, has urged the industrialists and businessmen to operate industries and resume construction works by paying attention to health safety.    

Karnali State to conduct RDT for coronavirus at all transit points

The Karnali State government is to from now on carry out rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for COVID-19 on people at all the border transit points itself, State government's Minister for Social Development, Dala Rawal, said in a press release today.    

   State-2 government decides to add 300 isolation beds  

The State-2 government has decided to manage 305 more isolation beds to accommodate the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the province.  

KMC calls for closing all entry points to Valley during lockdown 

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has urged the government to seal off all the transit points to Kathmandu Valley throughout the lockdown period for the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic. 

For fear of COVID-19, Thakre of Dhading sealed

Jungekhola of Thakre Rural Municipality-8 in Dhading district has been sealed after a person was tested positive for coronavirus in the locality.    

Itahari seals off two wards, COVID-19 patient's tally jumps to 54 in state-1

The youth reportedly came in contact with a COVID-19 patient while taking part in a marriage procession in Dharan, shared Harka Bahadur Magar, the chairperson of Itahari Ward Number 2. Magar said the youth came from Khotang some six months ago and was here preparing for recruitment as a British Gurkha solider.  

With first case of COVID-19, surveillance upped in Karnali

Karnali State, which was considered as the safe zone till the 56th day of the lockdown order, has increased the surveillance level as the first case of the coronavirus spotted in Dailekh district. On Monday, a youth from Aathbis Municipality-1 in Dailekh district that shares border with the capital city of state Surkhet was tested positive for coronavirus.    

'Issuing new map of Nepal shows government's commitment towards policy and programmes'  

National Assembly members have said that the government has fulfilled its commitment towards its policy and programmes by releasing a new geographical map of Nepal by incorporating Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani areas.    

Two million people rendered jobless in South Korea 

Number of people losing jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis continues to rise in the Republic of Korea and the four months' figure has surpassed two million.