B Tea factories in Jhapa on Saturday have resumed partial operation after government allowing them to open after meeting health safety standards. The factories were closed for the past 11 days after the government imposed nationwide lockdown over coronavirus fear. There are more than 300 tea plantations in Jhapa district.
Two children have died while 150 others have taken ill to the measles and rubella virus infection in the Chepang village in ward no. 6 of Benighatrorang rural municipality. The contagious virus is said to have spread since the past one month. The measles and rubella infection has spread in
– Sharad Sharma With the confirmation of transmission of coronavirus from an imported infected person to member of the family, the COVID-19 disease has entered into the second phase in the country. This means that more challenges are likely for the prevention and control of the deadly coronavirus pneumonia. An
The government has urged doctors and health workers to make proper use of personal protective equipment kits. The directive was issued in view of the limited number of PPE kits available, said Dr Bikash Devkota, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, at a regular press conference organised on
Considering the seriousness of COVID-19 outbreak, the Gandaki State Government has restricted its health officials from taking leaves except for two reasons. A meeting of the Council of Ministers of the State held Saturday decided to allow leave only for child birth and post-death rituals of family members for its
The laboratory reports of all four people whose sample swabs were tested at Janakpur-based state hospital have come negative. Secretary at the State-2 Ministry of Social Development Ram Prasad Ghimire shared this information at a press meet today. It may be noted that 38 out of 79 sample swabs sent
– Bhabin Karki The Bhotkhola rural municipality in the remote northern region of Sankhuwasabha has been facing a food crisis. The food crisis is due to the closure of the Kimanthanka transit with neighbouring China, which remains shut since the past 2.5 months following the spread of the Coronavirus. People
A total of 125 children under-rehabilitation in various child correction homes in the district been released. The children who were put in the correction home on various criminal charges were released in the past one week following the Supreme Court’s verdict to release inmates with less than one year of
Four houses were destroyed after a fire broke out following the electricity leakage at Hariwan Municipality, Sarlahi district. Police estimated that the total damage caused by the fire is equal to Rs 4.2 million. According to police, the blaze broke out from the house of local Rambabu Mahato at Atrauli
The Leo Club of Mahakali Classic has been transporting essential medicines free of cost to the homes of patients with disabilities and suffering from diseases other than COVID-19. Club’s first vice-chair Sunil Thapa shared that they have been delivering medicines to the chronic patients of diabetes, high blood pressure and
