Corona test lab in Gulmi remains nonoperational due to lack of financial support

Dr. Uttam Pachya, chief of Gulmi district hospital, informed that the corona test lab has been shut owing to the lack of finance although it was operated in the past with help from local levels.

50 per cent people in Madhes province take full dose vaccines

Fifty per cent of the people have taken full dose (second dose) vaccine against COVID-19 in Madhes Province. The vaccination rate has increased by around 12 per cent in the districts of the Province in the last two weeks' period alone, the Province Health Directorate stated.

Five-party coordination committee meeting postponed

The meeting of the five-party alliance coordination committee has been postponed. A meeting of the committee scheduled to be held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar at 4 pm on Thursday has been postponed, said Ramesh Malla, chief personal secretary to CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.

Five-party coordination committee meeting today, Focus on local level elections

The meeting of the five-party alliance coordination committee is being held on Thursday afternoon. According to Ram Chandra Padel, coordinator of the coordination committee, further discussions will be held today on the issues raised earlier in the meeting at the PM's residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday.

99 Nepali workers leave for Israel today

The Government of Nepal and the Government of the State of Israel have decided to establish a Joint Working Team to prepare a bilateral agreement for sending Nepali nationals to work in the construction sector in Israel.

Arrangement made for infected voters to vote in NA election

Arrangement for those voters infected with the novel coronavirus has been made for the National Assembly election which is scheduled for January 26.

COVID vaccination card a must to board a domestic plane

The decision of the airlines' operators in Nepal comes in the wake of a sharp rise in the cases of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Govt. reduces PCR test fee

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), from now onwards, the fee for the test at the government laboratories will be Rs. 800 whereas the charge for the same test at the private laboratories will be Rs. 1,500.

6,263 people test positive for novel coronavirus in Kathmandu Valley in 24 hours

According to the assistant spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, 4,666 people were found infected in Kathmandu, 1019 in Lalitpur and 578 in Bhaktapur in the last 24 hours.

A record 9,502 people test positive for novel coroonavirus in a single day in Nepal

When combined with the number of people found infected with the same virus through the antigen test, the total number of infected people amounts to 11, 352 in a single day, which is also the highest number of new cases of the virus in a single day in the country.