Hospital in Siraha shuts down services after health worker contracts COVID-19   

The Ramkumar Umaprasad Memorial Hospital at Lahan in Siraha district has closed all its services from today after one of its health workers contracted COVID-19.   

COVID-19 cases on rise among journalists and people’s representatives in Mahottari   

The cases of COVID-19 among journalists and people’s representatives were surging in Mahottari district lately, possibly due to their exposure to people with known or suspected COVID-19 or possible COVID-19.

One killed, two injured in Doti tractor accident   

A person died while two others were injured when a tractor they were travelling in met with an accident at Ridikot of Sanfebagar Municipality-7 in Accham district on Monday evening.   

NC asks govt to provide festival aid/handout to poor families

Nepali Congress Labour and Trade Union Department Monday submitted a petition to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli demanding that the government provide festival assistance to the people who do not have regular income, and the poor families. Department chief Shiva Prasad Humagain informed on Monday that his department demanded that Rs. 10,000 be provided to each family to meet their festive expenses. In the petition, the department said the government should provide expenses to the low-income people...

Regular flights to hilly districts of Sudurpaschim from today

Regular flights to three hilly districts of the Sudurpaschim State are set to start from Tuesday. Summit Air is going to operate regular flights to the hilly districts from Dhangadhi Airport. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Dhangadhi, on Tuesday initial flight will be conducted to Bajhang. Flights to Dewal Airport in the district will now be available twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. Similarly, flights will be operated at Patan Airport in Baitadi on Tuesday and at Dipayal in Doti...

Hospitals asked not to conduct surgeries except for emergency

The Ministry’s directive comes at a time when the symptomatic cases of coronavirus infection are on the rise almost every day in the recent time.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 645 with nine fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed nine COVID-19 related deaths. Nine persons, two females and seven males, succumbed to novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.

2,283 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu Valley

In 14,530 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,283 persons, 935 females and 1,348 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

One more COVID-19 fatality reported in BPKIHS  

An elderly man infected with Coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at COVID-19 Hospital inside the BPKIHS succumbed to the flu-like infection at around 11 pm, informed BPKHIS’s spokesperson Dr Ashish Shrestha. 

Bheri Hospital doctors fear community transmission of COVID-19, urge all to stay alert

The testing of the last few days has shown that COVID-19 cases in Banke and Bardiya are rising rapidly and most cases are with symptoms which is leading the situation to a more complicated one, said Prakash Thapa, head of the Bheri Hospital.

Dipayal-Dhangadhi flights to take place from October 13   

Dipayal-Dhangadhi flights are scheduled to take place from October 13. Summit Air, a privately owned airline, will operate the flight once a week (Friday), said the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.    

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development in Bagmati State reeling under human resources crunch  

The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development in the Bagmati State is facing a crunch of workforce, affecting service delivery and administrative work.    

70-year-old dies from COVID-19 in Dharan  

A 70-year-old man has died from COVID-19 in Dharan today. The man of Dharan Sub Metropolitan City-15 had stayed in home-isolation, said Umesh Mehata, chief of the sub metropolis health division.    

One more dies due to COVID-19 in Rupandehi  

The 79-year-old man who was undergoing treatment at Corona Special Hospital in Butwal breathed his last at 7.30 this morning, Information Officer at the Lumbini Provincial Hospital, Bishnu Gautam, said.

Woman dies due to COVID-19 in Bharatpur  

The 40-year-old woman is an abandoned person, according to Liladhar Poudel, the Hospital's information officer. She died while under treatment at the hospital on Sunday evening.   

Chitwan National Park to conduct study on rising rhino deaths

Chitwan National Park (CNP) is planning to carry out a study on the increasing deaths of one-horned rhinos in the park. “The study will try to find out the causes of deaths and it will suggest measures to help reduce the mortality, said information officer at the CNP Ashok Ram. The study is being conducted in coordination with the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) under the direction of Director-General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Prem Narayan Kandel. Wildlife...

New guideline issued on COVID-19 rescue flights

The government has issued a new guideline for airlifting people critically infected with the coronavirus from any part of the country. Nepali Army choppers will be used for rescue work with priority. "Even though the government has been bearing the entire cost of the coronavirus treatment till now, the patients who get rescued have to bear the cost themselves," according to Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, joint secretary and spokesperson at Ministry of Health and Population and spokesperson of CCMC-OPs. As...

Agricultural programme to involve youths losing jobs to COVID-19 crisis

Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Arati Poudel shared that the state government introduced labour insurance and provident fund for the labourer in agriculture sector to attract youths.

With 22 new fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll spikes to 636

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday 22 COVID-19 related deaths. A total of 22 people, five females and 17 males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

1,416 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley

In 12,427 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,416 persons, 529 females and 1,416 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.