China's Beijing to maintain COVID emergency status as Winter Olympics loom China's capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain "full emergency mode" as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympic Games. World 22 Jan, 2022
Germany tops 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time Germany also recorded 239 deaths in the space of 24 hours, for a cumulative total of 116,081, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious disease said. World 19 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
Over 100 doctors, health workers infected with COVID-19 in Chitwan One hundred seventeen doctors and health workers of different hospitals in Chitwan district have tested positive for coronavirus. Nepal 18 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Show seriousness The sudden surge in the number of new COVID-19 cases across the country has health officials worrying, with them warning that the next two weeks will be particularly challenging as the Omicron variant will keep infecting large numbers of people. Opinion 17 Jan, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of Indians gather for holy dip, defying COVID-19 surge Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers gathered on the banks of India's Ganges river on Friday for a holy bathe despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past month. World 14 Jan, 2022
Health safety measures mandatory at Central Zoo Following the increasing number of coronavirus cases in recent days, people visiting the Central Zoo at Jwalakhel have to mandatorily follow health safety protocols issued by the government. Nepal 12 Jan, 2022
Province 2 on high alert as COVID-19 cases surge ​​​​​​​With COVID-19 infection taking its toll in neighbouring India, its impact has been seen in the districts of Province 2. Till the end of last month, the infection rate was stagnant here, but now the graph is going up. Nepal 11 Jan, 2022
Nepal bans big public gatherings, closes schools as COVID cases spike Education Ministry spokesman Deepak Sharma said a campaign to vaccinate children aged 12 to 17 at their schools would go ahead. Nepal 10 Jan, 2022
Uganda's schools reopen, ending world's longest lockdown Uganda's schools reopen, ending world's longest lockdown World 10 Jan, 2022
Lessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through India, prompting the federal government and states to swiftly reintroduce a string of restrictions. World 08 Jan, 2022
Omicron suspected in 22 per cent of COVID patients Twenty-two per cent of samples collected from COVID patients in Nepal are suspected to have the Omicron variant of the disease. Nepal 08 Jan, 2022
