KATHMANDU, June 8 | With 314 new cases in the past 24 hours, Nepal's COVID-19 tally soared to 3762 on Monday. At a daily media briefing, Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population shared that of the new infected persons, 294 are males and 20 are females. Likewise, 20 males and a female COVID-19 patients were discharged after recovery in the past 24 hours, according to Gautam. With this, the number of COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery has reached 488. Of the discharged, 419 are males and 69 are females. The spokesperson said that Nepal's थप यता
KATHMANDU, June 7 | Janata Samajbadi Party, which was formed after the merger between Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Samajbadi Party in late April, was registered at the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday. The newly-formed party was registered at the election body today after the party leaders forged a consensus on the names of its office bearers. A group of the party reached the EC headquarters, Kantipath, to register the party Sunday afternoon. Mahantha Thakur and Upendra Yadav have been picked as the party's two executive chairmen and Baburam Bhattarai, Ashok Rai and Rajendra Mahato थप यता
NEW DELHI, June 7 | India reported 9,971 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, another single-day high for the country that comes a day before it reopens shopping malls, hotels and religious venues after a 10-week lockdown. India has now surpassed Spain as the fifth hardest-hit country, with more than 247,000 confirmed cases of the virus, including nearly 7,000 deaths. New Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad are among India’s worst-hit cities. Six of the country’s 28 states account for 73% of the total cases. India has already partially restored train services and domestic flights and allowed थप यता
KATHMANDU, June 7 | One hundred and two patients of COVID-19 were discharged from various hospitals across the country after recovery on Sunday. With this, the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 has jumped to 466 in Nepal. Dr Bikash Devkota, during a daily media briefing of the Ministry of Health and Science, said that 12 patients of Jhapa from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, and 34 patients of Bara from Kailali Hospital, Bara were discharged. Similarly, 27 patients of Rupendehi and Kapilvastu from Corona Isolation Center, Butwal and one patient of Mahottari थप यता
KATHMANDU, June 6 | The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed the 13th COVID-19 death in Nepal on Saturday afternoon. According to Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson for th MoHP, the throat swab sample of a 55-year-old female from Dhangadi-4 who died on Friday tested positive for COVID-19 today. She was a kidney patient and breathed her last while undergoing dialysis at Seti Hospital on Friday afternoon. The lady had not experienced any symptoms of COVID-19. However, she tested positive in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Earlier today, the throat swab of a थप यता
KATHMANDU, June 6 | With 323 new cases, Nepal's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3235 on Saturday afternoon. At a daily media briefing, Bikash Devkota, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population shared that 286 males and 37 females were found to have been infected with the coronavirus during tests conducted in various health facilities across the country in the past 24 hours. As of today, the number of COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery has reached 365. In the past 24 hours, 32 persons were discharged after recovery. Likewise, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll jumped to 13 थप यता
KATHMANDU, May 31 | Nepal's COVID-19 tally has reached 1,567 after the confirmation of 166 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population said. At a regular media briefing, Bikash Devkota, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that three persons tested positive for coronavirus during tests carried out at Gandaki Province Lab in Pokhara. Similarly, Narayan Hospital in Birgunj recorded five cases of coronavirus, and a lab at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences reported 37 cases of COVID-19. Devkota said that the थप यता
KATHMANDU, May 17 | The government on Sunday decided to extend the nationwide lockdown until June 2. A Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Baluwatar took the decision to continue the lockdown. The lockdown which was first enforced in the country on March 24 was coming to an end on Monday midnight, May 18. As of Sunday evening, the country witnessed 295 COVID-19 cases with two fatalities. Earlier this afternoon, a high-level committee for the prevention and control of COVID-19 recommended to the government to continue the lockdown at least for 15 days in थप यता
KATHMANDU, May 17 | Nepal reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday evening, taking the national tally to 295. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, swab samples of a 34-year-old woman from Dhankuta, a 29-year-old woman and a 36-year-old male from Biratnagar, Morang, tested positive for this virus during a lab test conducted at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Science earlier today. Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, joint spokesperson for the health ministry informed Republica Online that they all are normal. Of the total confirmed cases so far, 36 have थप यता
KATHMANDU, May 16|Nepal reported the first ever death due to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country on Saturday. Issuing a press statement in the evening, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that a 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchowk district had died of this deadly virus on Thursday. The woman, who gave birth a week ago at the Kathmandu-based TU Teaching Hospital on May 6 was discharged the next day and she went back to her home in Sindhupalchowk. However, she developed respiration difficulties and high fever. She died while she was being taken to Dhulikhel थप यता
