Doti CDO pledges no lack of essential supplies during crisis   

Doti Chief District Officer Teknarayan Poudel has pledged no shortage of essential supplies in the district during the lockdown against the coronavirus. Talking to the National News Agency (RSS) today, the CDO said the district had a stock of foodstuffs and other daily essentials sufficient for the next three months. 

11-bed quarantine at Daduwa rural municipality   

Duduwa rural municipality in Banke district has set up an 11-bed quarantine at Betahani health post.          Health section coordinator at the rural municipality Dhan Bahadur Budha informed that in addition to the establishment of quarantine, massive public awareness was launched to contain the possible outbreak of the coronavirus.

One killed in road accident   

A man has died in a road accident at Sunsari district headquarters Inaruwa-6 on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as local resident Dhubir Katwal, according to the District Police Office, Sunsari.   

Don't turn back patients, CDO Rana   

Chief District Officer of Jhapa Udaya Bahadur Rana has urged proprietors of private hospitals in the district to not return back people coming for treatment. He has urged them to continue treatment other than OPD services, and keep their gates open for incoming patients.    

People begin leaving Kathmandu valley on foot

More than 150 people, most of them from the Tarai belt, left the Valley, walking out through the Dakshinkali transit.   

COVID-19: 366 in quarantine in Syangja   

A total of 366 people have been quarantined in Syangja when the entire country enters the fifth day of lockdown implemented by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic.    

Food stuffs distributed to poor families in Siraha  

Mirchaiya municipality here has begun providing food stuff to the families hit-hard with lockdown.      The daily wages earners and poor families are facing hardship due to lockdown as they were not getting work and earning to buy daily essential goods.    

Committee formed against coronavirus outbreak   

A district level COVID-19 control committee has been formed under the convenorship of State Assembly member Bijaya Subedi.    

300 stranded workers rescued   

At least 300 workers who were stranded along Sahajpur-Bogatan road as a result of lockdown imposed by the government over coronavirus crisis have been rescued on Friday.   

B & C hospital offers the Govt. to use it as COVID-19 hospital

Amid the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital has decided to make efforts in preventing infection of the virus, said Durga Prasain, Executive Director of the hospital by issuing a press statement on Friday.

No shortage of food grain in quarantine-CM Bhatta   

Sudurpaschim state chief minister Trilochan Bhatta has assured that there would be no shortage of food grains to citizens quarantined in nine districts of the state.   

11 black marketers held in Janakpur   

Dhanusha District Police has taken actions against black marketers and hoarders, who were found cheating and charging high prices to the buyers in the daily essentials shops during the time of lockdown.   

Tilottama municipality consolidating disaster prevention fund   

Mayor of Tilottama municipality, Basudev Ghimire, and Deputy Mayor Jagashwor Devi Chaudhary donated Rs 50,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively to Disaster Management Fund in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.  

121 foreign tourists rescued, 68 still stuck in Mustang   

One hundred and twenty-one tourists from 21 various countries who had been stranded in Mustang have been send to Kathmandu while 68 more are awaiting their turn.  

   Bhojpur municipality distributes food grains to daily wage earners   

The Bhojpur Municipality has provided food grain to 325 daily wage earner families.     It distributed one sack rice grain, one packet cooking oil, one kilogramme salt and one kilogramme lentil to each family. 

One hundred eighty two foreign-returnees placed in home quarantine   

A search has been intensified for finding out the foreign-returnee people in Parbat district while 182 such people have already been placed under home quarantine.   

French Embassy flies 59 French nations to Kathmandu from Pokhara

These French tourists were left stranded in various places in Pokhara and trekking circuits in the region after the government enforced a week-long nation-wide lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19.

96 Nepali returnees being quarantined at Kharipati   

Twenty-three more Nepali returnees have been taken to quarantine facility set up at Kharipati in Bhaktapur district. With this, the score of people quarantined in the Kharipati facility has reached 96, including 77 male and 19 female, informed Nepal Army Birdal Battalion Commander Colonel Shiva Prasad Poudel. 

Surkhet quiet as lockdown in effect even in Raute settlement

Also known as Birendranagar, Surkhet, was deserted on Wednesday, the second day of the lockdown, after the people were ordered to stay indoors except for very essential works. 

State-2 Chief Minister directs secretaries to put in every effort to prevent COVID-19 

The Chief Minister of State-2, Lalbabu Raut has instructed the secretaries of the various ministries under the State-2 Government, to exhaust all efforts towards fighting back coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.