Nepal needs emergency assistance: WHO
Nepal needs emergency assistance as the coronavirus cases continue to surge and deaths are mounting, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organisation's director-general, said during a press briefing.
Amid virus surge, people hoarding oxygen in Nepal
Amid surging Covid-19 cases in Nepal, people are resorting to hoarding oxygen cylinders at home, further exacerbating oxygen shortage in the country. The government has asked people not to hoard cylinders, reported The Himalayan Times.
Lack of funeral vehicles in Covid-hit Nepal’s Bajura Hospital
Lack of funeral vehicles have forced a hospital in Nepal’s Bajura district to carrying bodies of Covid victims in waste management units, The Himalayan Times reported.
Nepal allows special flights for stranded foreigners
Authorities in Nepal have allowed a number of special flights at the request of foreign embassies to evacuate stranded foreigners from the country. Around 7000 foreigners are estimated to be stuck in Nepal.
KP Oli reappointed PM as opposition fails to form government
KP Sharma Oli has been reappointed prime minister of Nepal as opposition parties have failed to form a government in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal: 26 MPs test COVID-19 positive just ahead of PM's vote of confidence
Kathmandu: As many as 26 Nepali Members of Parliament have tested COVID-19 positive ahead of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's vote of confidence scheduled for next Monday, media reports said.
Ahead of confidence motion, Nepal PM Oli reaches out to opposition leader
Soon after the Oli government in Nepal was reduced to a minority government, Oli reached out to Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader of the Nepali Congress, a key opposition party, on Wednesday.
Nepal constructing 2000-bed capacity isolation facility
Amid rising cases of coronavirus, authorities in Nepal have started the construction of an isolation facility with a 2,000-bed capacity in Geta Medical College of Kailali district, reported The Himalayan Times.
Nepal's hospitals face oxygen supply shortage
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Nepal's two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.
Nearly 500 heritage sites damaged in 2015 quake rebuilt in Nepal
Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority has said that 493 out of 920 cultural heritage sites damaged in the 2015 earthquake have been built, while 288 were under-construction, The Himalayan Times said.
Nepal introduces mandatory 10 quarantine upon arrival
As the Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Nepal, authorities announced several fresh restrictions, including mandatory ten-day quarantine and restriction on land routes, reported The Himalayan Times.
Nepal records over 4,500 fresh nCoV cases
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal reported 4,524 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the third highest single day spike so far.
No nationwide lockdown in Nepal now
The Nepal government has ruled out any immediate nationwide lockdown saying such measures cannot ultimately solve issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, The Himalayan Times reported.
Amid surging Covid cases, Nepal to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders
Authorities in Nepal are planning to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders amid the prospect of worsening the Covid-19 situation in the country, The Himalayan Times said. The move came a day after the government held a meeting with the country’s oxygen suppliers association.
Indians use Nepal to escape travel ban
Indians with jobs or families abroad are using Kathmandu as a transit to fly off to countries like Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Hong Kong that have banned direct flights from Covid-battered India, Nepal Times reported.