Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest

Joe Biden traveled Tuesday to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and economic crises, pledging to be the unifying force who can “restore our soul and save this country.”

Kathmandu Valley reports 252 new cases of novel coronavirus

In 2,725 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done across the nation in the last 24 hours, as many as 252 persons, 97 females and 155 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley, informed the MoHP in its update.

COVID-19 update: 2,725 PCR tests, 570 new infections, 14 deaths in last 24 hours

"In 2,725 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 570 persons, 211 females and 359 males were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2," informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its update.

100,000 in Southern California to evacuate as blaze grows

Fast-moving wildfires forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.

COVID-19 update: 1,741 new cases, 4,005 recoveries, 15 deaths in last 24 hours

Within the last 24 hours  1,741 new cases of the novel corona virus infection confirmed on Monday, the national COVID-19 caseload has reached 1,59,830.

Trump aide says ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic’

The coronavirus has reached the upper echelons of the White House again, with an outbreak among aides to Vice President Mike Pence just over a week from Election Day. A top White House official declared: “We’re not going to control the pandemic.”

Kathmandu Valley records 1,535 new cases of COVID-19

In 12,311 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done across the nation in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,535 persons, 629 females and 906 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley, informed the MoHP in its update.

COVID-19 update: 2,856 new cases, 3,336 recoveries, five deaths in last 24 hours

"In 12,311 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,856 persons, 1,067 females and 1,789 males were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2," informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its update.

Surging coronavirus colors White House race in closing days

President Donald Trump assured supporters packed shoulder to shoulder at a trio of rallies Saturday that “we’re rounding the turn” on the coronavirus — despite spiking cases — and mocked challenger Joe Biden for raising alarms about the pandemic. Meanwhile, Biden bemoaned to a smaller gathering the need to campaign at a distance but said he understood the public health reasons behind it.

Rumor Buster: Can people recovering from coronavirus have long-lasting immunity?

According to a study published in the journal Immunity in mid-October, for people who recover from the coronavirus, the antibodies they have against the virus are maintained in their bodies for at least five to seven months.