Coronavirus

Amnesty International calls for vaccine equity: Only four percent of people living in low-income countries fully vaccinated

2 years ago

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Amnesty International has accused the pharmaceutical companies of monopolizing technology, blocking and lobbying against the sharing of intellectual property, charging high prices for vaccines and pr ...

UK monitoring hybrid delta-omicron strain called 'deltacron'

2 years ago

FEB 14: Health officials in the United Kingdom officially began monitoring a hybrid strain of the delta and omicron coronavirus known as "deltacron" last week after it was identified ...

Here is what you need to know about COVID-19 booster doses

2 years ago

Do you need extra shots of the vaccine for COVID-19 if you are fully vaccinated? Most people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus are relatively protected from severe...

14 die as Nepal records 1,128 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: 14 people succumbed to COVID-19 in Nepal on Friday. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 1,128 new cases of...

India reports 58,077 new COVID-19 cases

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NEW DELHI, Feb. 11: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 42,536,137 on Friday, as 58,077 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health...

Africa's COVID-19 cases near 11 mln

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ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 11: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 10,981,695 on Thursday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. ...

Omicron (BA.2) is a dominant COVID-19 variant in Nepal, 82 percent of COVID-19 patients found infected

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: A recent gene sequencing of swab samples of COVID-19 patients in Nepal has shown that as many as 82 percent of infected one are infected with Omicron...

More than 12 people succumbed to COVID-19 on average in Nepal in past one week

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: In an alarming case, the data issued by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) shows that more than 10 people have died of the novel coronavirus...

COVID-19 booster dose for all Nepalese, vaccine to minors aged between 5 to 11: Health Minister

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KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Birod Kathiwada, Minister of Health and Population (MoHP), has maintained that the government will soon administer COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to minors aged between 5 to 11. ...

11 succumb to COVID-19 in Nepal on Tuesday

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KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Nepal on Tuesday recorded 1,957 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday along with 5,103 recoveries. 11 people succumbed to COVID-19 on the same day, according to the...

COVID-19 Vaccination: Second dose of Pfizer vaccine to children aged between 12 to 17 from today

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KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is administering a second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged between 12 to 17 from Monday. The metropolis is admini...

Over 1,700 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths in 24 hours

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KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The country has recorded 1,714 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is on a downward spiral as compared to preceding days. Likewise, nine infected...

COVID-19 update: 2,526 new cases of coronavirus, 16 deaths in 24 hours

2 years ago

A total of 2,526 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country. Similarly, 16 persons lost lives to the contagion in the same period. ...

Nepal achieves new milestone in vaccination against COVID-19

2 years ago

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepal has achieved a new milestone in the vaccination campaign against COVID-19. Nepal has administered full dose vaccines to 70 percent of people of the a...

COVID-19: 14 die, 3,175 test positive

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KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Fourteen more people died of coronavirus disease in the country on Thursday. This takes the death toll to 11,778.. According to the Ministry of Health and...

COVID-19: 3,637 new cases, 12 deaths reported on Wednesday

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KATHMANDU, Feb 2: As many as 3,637 people tested positive for the coronavirus disease. A total of 11,582 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours. ...