Health ministry directs local levels, DHOs to provide vaccine details The Ministry of Health and Population has directed the local levels and district health offices to submit COVID-19 vaccine details by tomorrow. Health 09 Feb, 2022
Health secretary backs decision on Covishield as common booster dose Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Roshan Pokharel said that he was not opposed to the ministry’s recent decision to use Covishield as the common COVID booster dose for those above 60 and the ones with compromised immunity. Nepal 05 Feb, 2022
Over 1.6 million vaccinated against COVID-19 in Sudurpaschim Over 1.6 million people have so far got COVID-19 vaccines in the Sudurpaschim Province. Nepal 04 Feb, 2022
Japan, UNICEF join hands to strengthen vaccine cold chain system in Nepal The Government of Japan has provided grant assistance to strengthen the vaccine cold chain system in Nepal through the United Nations Children’s Fund. Nepal 01 Feb, 2022
1.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines donated by France, Italy arrive in Nepal today 1.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines provided by France and Italy have arrived in Nepal, today. Kathmandu 26 Jan, 2022
Omicron variant: Mimicking dengue-like illness in Nepal Over the last few days, Nepal has witnessed approximately 10,000 new coronavirus cases each day. Opinion 26 Jan, 2022
KP Oli warns against delay in civic polls CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli issued a press release warning the government against delaying local polls. Recently, the five-party ruling alliance leaders had said they had decided to hold three-tier polls — parliamentary, provincial, and local — simultaneously between mid-November and mid-March 2023. Nepal 24 Jan, 2022
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. COVID-19 22 Jan, 2022
'All three elections within a year' Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that the government was committed to strengthening lower tiers of the government and holding parliamentary, provincial, and local elections within a year. Nepal 22 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Shocking revelation It is shocking to learn that between 1.5 million and 2.4 million anti-COVID-19 doses of vaccines procured by the government itself, donated by friendly countries or received from the UNCOVAX programme have been unaccounted for. Opinion 20 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Worrying scenario The sharp rise in the number of active COVID cases in the country in recent days is evidence that the measures taken by the government to control the spread of the virus have not been effective. The number of active cases in the country on Monday stood at 30,877, which shows a yawning gap between new additions and recovery among patients. This figure is six times the number of active cases recorded at the start of the new year 2022, when there were 4,900 cases. Opinion 19 Jan, 2022
Stumbling vaccination programme needs fixing Nepal is yet to demonstrate this, as is evident from the lazy, opaque, and visionless vaccination programme Nepal 19 Jan, 2022
