Farmers worry about marketing of vegetables

After the prohibitory order was issued in the district due to COVID-19, the vegetables grown in his field are rotting down.

New ministers take oath in Karnali

The newly appointed ministers of Karnali Province have taken their oath of office and secrecy. Province Chief Govinda Prasad Kalauni administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Gopal Sharma and Minister for Internal Affairs, Law, Youth and Sports Sita Kumari Nepali on Monday.

Restriction orders affect sale of litchi

Litchis are now ripening in the farmer's field. Although litchis have started ripening, the market is closed for sale. The prohibitory order enforced for the prevention and control COVID-19 has affected the farmers of Devghat Rural Municipality-5, Saune of Tanahun who are commercially cultivating litchi. Ward Chairman of Devghat Rural Municipality-5 Yal Bahadur Gurung has cultivated litchi in 400 plants in an area of 40 ropanis of land. Although litchis have started ripening now, the market is closed...

Doctors reach homes of COVID-19 patients

Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has started providing treatment facilities to the COVID-19 patients, who are in home isolation. Consultant doctors are mobilised in all the 23 wards of the Sub-Metropolitan City to monitor the situation of the COVID-19 patients and treat them. Deputy Mayor Uma Thapa Magar said that the door-to-door counseling for the COVID patients was conducted in coordination with the Nepal Medical Association, Bheri. “We are concerned about the health of the infected people,...

FM Paudel directs to speed up customs clearance of health materials

Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudal has directed civil servants to expedite customs clearance of health items, equipment and medicines related to the prevention, treatment and control of COVID-19.

Enhance Health Facilities

Nepal has been facing a very tricky situation with the emergence of a deadlier second wave of coronavirus. Most parts of the country have now been into partial or full lockdown. This harsh measure has been in place to rein in the fatal virus disease. The federal government has decided to mobilise all its means and resources to bring this unseen enemy under control. The COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) has come up with a crucial decision to integrate the entire national healthcare system against...

Vaccine Diplomacy In Time Of Pandemic

COVID-19 is a global health emergency. It took quite some time to develop the vaccines to curb the pandemic. However, COVID vaccines, in comparison to other vaccines in the past, have arrived quite quickly in Nepal. Thanks to our great neighbours India and China that respectively provided one million doses and 800,000 doses of vaccines to Nepal. It has also received 348,000 doses of Covishield with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and other concerned organisation. Under...

UML Leaders Towards Reconciliation?

After the rival lawmakers decided to shelve their plan to resign en masse at the last moment on May 13, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli received a much-needed lifeline. PM Oli would have left the office, had the bickering CPN-UML members of parliament resigned. Following the months of hurling charges against one another, bonhomie seems to have returned in the ruling party as differences have narrowed. The two feuding sides have agreed to sit for a purposeful, result-oriented dialogue by setting up a...

Scramble For Oxygen

IT’S all around us, but people all across the country are scrambling for it these days. I am talking about oxygen, the gas that sustains our life. The atmosphere around us has about 78 per cent nitrogen, 21 per cent oxygen and 1 per cent other gases. We breathe in oxygen from the atmosphere, but in recent weeks the second wave of COVID-19 has gripped the entire country, and most people are spending a lot of their time every day talking and worrying about growing shortage of medical oxygen to save...

Experts stress need to keep mental health of COVID patients strong

The Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH) is one of the tertiary health centers providing treatment to the COVID-19 patients. The 100-bed isolation centre at the hospital is full and around two dozen patients are in ICU and ventilator support; it has 23 ICUs and 15 ventilators. According to the doctors at STIDH, the patients go through anxiety as they see someone in critical condition followed by widespread negative aspects related with COVID-19 and its treatment. “The...