Collected swab from Udaypur sent to Koshi Public Health laboratory 

The throat swab of 91 people collected from the district has been sent to Koshi Public Health Laboratory for COVID-19 testing today. According to Udaypur District Health Office, swab of 83 suspected people was collected on Sunday while eight on Monday and sent to the Laboratory for test.    

Still some days before weather improves   

The influence of the weather system that has remained stable in the country since last some days will stay for few days more, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.    

Team monitors human rights situation  

Monitoring of human rights situation during the global pandemic of coronavirus has been started.     A team comprising Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Kathmandu district president Shantaram Bidari, Kathmandu District Bar Association

President Bhandari, Chinese President Xi hold telephone talks   

President Bidya Devi Bhandari held telephone conversation with the President of People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on Monday evening.    

Over 10,400 PCR tests conducted so far 

A total 53 thousand 534 people have been tested for coronavirus infection so far. Among them, 10 thousand 471 have been tested employing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method while 43 thousand 63 people have been tested through the rapid diagnostic test (RDT), the Ministry of Health and Population stated.    

Bheri hospital lab lacks VTM for COVID-19

The VTM is required for testing swab of suspected patients but the lab is facing shortage of it, said officiating chief of the hospital Dr Prakash Thapa.

Sanitizing tunnels set up in Kaski

Sanitizing tunnels have been set up at the office of Pokhara Metropolitan City, Western Regional Hospital, District Police Office, Kaski and the border sharing Kaski and Tanahun districts.

5 years of Grokha Earthquake: 47 percent reconstruction completed in Tanahu

According to the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA)’s District Project Implementation Unit, Tanahun, a total of 7,214 houses were reconstructed in the district.

Home Ministry instructs its bodies to tighten lockdown

Issuing a circular to all district administration offices today, the Ministry has asked them to ban the movement of vehicles sans earlier permission.  

  Prabhu Bank Narayangarh branch catches fire  

Prabhu Bank branch office based in Narayangarh, Chitwan has caught fire due to short circuit, said Rabin Babu Regmi, Police Inspector at Ward Police Office, Narayangarh.