Nepali Congress seeks PCR machine, health workers Panchthar, June 16 Nepali Congress Panchthar District working committee has sought a PCR machine and qualified health workers to conduct coronavirus tests in the district. The party today sent a memorandum to the prime minister and the Office of... Travel 17 Jun, 2020
One arrested for black-marketing of petrol in Panchthar PANCHTHAR: A person was arrested on the charge of black marketing petrol in Phidim Municipality-3 of Panchthar district on Tuesday evening. The Supply Management and Monitoring Committee arrested Chhiring Tamang for allegedly hiding petrol and... Travel 06 May, 2020
Panchthar youth tests positive in RDT, negative in PCR PANCHTHAR: A youth who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease in rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) two days ago, has tested negative in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, in Yangbarak Rural Municipality-6, Panchthar district. The... Travel 04 May, 2020
Eight houses gutted in Taplejung blaze PANCHTHAR: As many as eight houses were gutted in a blaze in Phungling Bazaar, Taplejung district headquarters, on Friday night. With the help of local residents, security personnel started to contain the fire at around 1:00 am. It has... Travel 02 May, 2020
Health experts in Panchthar start COVID-19 sample tests Panchthar, April 12 Health workers deployed to the local levels of Panchthar district have started conducting COVID-19 sample tests from today. Health workers with 200 kits started testing COVID-19 suspects in Phalgunanda Rural... Travel 13 Apr, 2020
23 test negative for COVID-19 in Panchthar PANCHTHAR: At least 23-persons, who were under observation upon showing symptoms of COVID-19, have tested negative for the respiratory illness causing virus, in Panchthar district, on Sunday. A total of 23 throat swab samples were collected from... Travel 12 Apr, 2020
Violation of lockdown: Tea estate in Panchthar deploys workers to harvest tea PANCHTHAR: In breach of the nationwide lockdown imposed by government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a tea estate has deployed its workers for plucking tea leaves at Yangbarak and Falelung Rural Municipalities in Panchthar district. The tea... Travel 03 Apr, 2020
BPKIHS moves forward with Covid-19 tests in eastern Nepal DHARAN: BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), the second health institution in Nepal to commence real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) -- a test done to detect the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) -- has sent its first lot to the... Travel 02 Apr, 2020
Two who flew with COVID-19 infected girl placed in quarantine Panchthar, March 26 With the initiative of Province 1 government, two boys from Panchthar who had arrived on the same Qatar airways flight on March 17 as the girl who was later diagnosed with COV- ID-19, were sent to quarantine at Tandi, Morang,... Travel 27 Mar, 2020
14 Nepali pilgrims stranded in Andhra Pradesh of India PANCHTHAR: As many as 14 Nepali pilgrims have been stranded in Andhra Pradesh of India after the Indian government enforced 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. Speaking over the phone to THT reporter, one of the pilgrims,... Travel 26 Mar, 2020
90 beds for COVID-19 suspects in Panchthar Panchthar, March 21 Panchthar District Health Coordination Committee is working to arrange as many as 90 hospital beds for treatment of suspected coronavirus patients in the district. Of the 90 beds, forty beds will be made available at Panchthar... Travel 22 Mar, 2020
Van plunge claims one Panchthar, March 18 A driver died and seven others were injured after a pick-up van met with an accident at Tritiya Bazaar in Phidim Municipality of Panchthar today. The deceased has been identified as Bal Bahadur Rai, 35, of the municipality.... Travel 19 Mar, 2020
