Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) has formulated special strategies to provide assistance which also includes the management of spaces to quarantine people at risk of COVID-19. The Red Cross staffs would be mobilised to purchase essentials materials, take stock of health of people, help people keep in touch with their
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dr Yubraj Khatiwada has directed the media and news providing agency to effectively disseminate the reliable information on time. During a discussion with the chiefs of the ministry’s subordinate bodies today, Minister Khatiwada viewed that the news on decisions of high level coordination committee
A meeting of the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Coordination Committee led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense on Saturday decided to strictly address issues relating to the virus through joint efforts. The meeting held at the Office of Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers took a decision
The Kathmandu police have caught a person involved in producing and spreading an audio clip containing misinformation relating to coronavirus via social media. The arrestee has been identified as Bibek Thapa Magar originally from Ramechhap district. Thapa was living in Sipadol in Bhaktapur. An one-minute recorded audio clip talks about
The Nepal Army (NA) in cahoots with the state government is charting out a plan to reign in the risks of COVID-19. The national army also said that it would extend necessary support to the state government to prevent risks stemming from global pandemic of coronavirus. In this connection, the
The Federation of Nepali Journalists, an umbrella organization of Nepali journalists across the country, has demanded that media houses make arrangements for media-persons to work from houses amid coronavirus crisis. A FNJ central committee meeting on Saturday urged media outlets to create safe environment for journalists and manage salary in
(Narayan Dhungana) Country’s three security agencies have geared up the preparation to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus with high alertness. Nepal remains as one of the most vulnerable zones in view of the COVID-19 outbreak and its spread. The virus which had emerged from Wuhan of Hubei Province in China
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, today visited a medical checkup room established at Tribhuvan International Airport in view of the increased risk of COVID-19 infection. The help desk is meant for providing medical screening for any passengers landing at TIA from several routes, following the
The Kathmandu metropolis has urged public to dial 1180, a toll-free number in case the coronavirous (COVID-19) is noticed. In a press statement today, Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya, called on the public to take help of the toll-free number1180 operated by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office and 102 for the
The main opposition Nepali Congress has postponed the distribution and renewal of the active membership of party till mid-April. The preparatory works of the 14th general convention of party was halted in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and its possible menace in the country. Spokesperson of the party, Bishwo Prakash
