Plasma therapy started also in Nepalgunj, Ward Chair comes first to donate blood for plasma

Dr. Khagendra Jung Shah, contact person for plasma therapy at the Bheri Hospital, said that Salyan's youth was given plasma as his health condition was getting critical with pneumonia and low level of oxygen in blood and that he was to be placed in ventilator if his health continued deteriorating.

Plasma therapy for treatment of critical COVID-19 patient also started in Seti Provincial Hospital

Dilip Kumar Shrestha, information officer of the hospital, informed that this method would be applied only for the critical patient. "Plasma therapy has been used for treatment of only the critical cases and we have made all necessary preparations," said Shrestha.

  Five scrub typhus cases reported in Darchula  

Five scrub typhus patients have been found in the district. Among them, three are male and two female.     Scrub typhus infection has been found in one male person in Mahakali municipality, in two women and one man in Malikarjun rural municipality,

32 more test positive for COVID-19 in Parsa, district tally climbs to 2,192

Dr. Atulesh Chaurasiya, spokesperson and information officer of the Narayani Hospital, informed that the 32 new cases of infection in Parsa were found in the report received Sunday evening of the PCR test carried out at the laboratory of the Narayani Hospital.

Chitwan records one more death from coronavirus   

A man undergoing treatment at Bharatpur Hospital died of coronavirus infection this morning.     Hospital’s COVID-19 Clinical Team coordinator Dr Pramod Poudel shared that a 78-year-old man of Bharatpur metropolis-6 breathed his last due to corona infection.    

Sudurpaschim records additional 100 coronavirus cases

According to the Health Division under the State Ministry of Social Development, additional 100 suspects were confirmed to have contracted the deadly virus while testing swabs collected in Dhangadhi, Doti district hospital and Dadeldhura hospital. 

Office of Ichhakamana rural municipality padlocked 

The office of Ichhakamana rural municipality has been padlocked over a row of the transfer of a ward office. Disgruntled locals locked up the rural municipality on Sunday evening following the transfer of ward no. 3 office to Fisling amidst dispute.   

14 succumb to COVID-19, death toll hits 221

Four females and 10 males succumbed to the virus infection in the last 24 hours, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

67-year-old succumbs to COVID-19 in Butwal

Sudarsan Thapa, COVID-19 focal person of the hospital, said that a 67-year-old male of the Butwal Sub- Metropolitan City-5, died on Sunday afternoon while receiving treatment in the hospital.

Free transportation service for health workers, hospital staffs in Kathmandu Valley

The bus service comes amid a prohibitory order wherein health workers and hospital staffs are finding it hard to discharge their duty for lack of convenient transportation. 

Nawalparasi (East) records first COVID-19 related death

A 62-year-old male of Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-6 died on Saturday night while receiving treatment at Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, said Pitambar Ghimire, Chief District Officer of Nawalparasi (East).

Coronavirus infected dies in home-isolation in Bhaktapur   

A person suffering COVID-19 and being treated at home-isolation in the district died on Saturday night. He died at his own house in Dhudhpati of Bhaktapur Municipality-1.    

Light to moderate rainfall predicted  

Light to moderate rainfall has been predicted across the country along with thunders and lightning in some parts today. The rainfall is caused by the low pressure belt of monsoon located in the southern area of Nepal and Madhya Pradesh of India.    

Youth aged 29 succumbs to COVID-19 while under treatment at Patan Hospital

According to the Lalitpur District Health Office, the youth passed away at about 10 pm on Saturday. He was under treatment in the hospital since August 12.

Team mobilized to examine cases of high fever   

The team was mobilized from the Sudur Paschim Provincial Heath Directorate. The team that reached Mahakali on Saturday has collected blood samples from the sick and their family members.

COVID-19: 102 infected, two dead in a day   

A total of 102 new cases of Corona Virus was confirmed in the district on Saturday, with two deaths. The two people who died were however from outside Chitwan.  

12 COVID-19 related deaths confirmed, death toll crosses 200, reaches 207

Three females and nine males succumbed to the virus infection in the last 24 hours, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

One more COVID-19 patient dies in Chitwan today  

One more patient of COVID-19 has died at Chitwan Medical College here today. The dead one was 47-year-old woman from Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-5.    

     COVID-19: cases rise to 6,000 in province no. 5   

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Province no. 5 has reached 6,101. Of them, 1,297 are active cases, according to the Ministry of Social Development.    

Efforts on to open two-way traffic 

Efforts are being made to resume two-way traffic along the Anbukhaireni-Muglin road section of Tanahu. The road section was obstructed by dry mudslide since Friday morning.