Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. World 11 Dec, 2022
India's COVID infections hit month-high, one state reports spike in deaths India's tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported a big jump in deaths. World 18 Apr, 2022
China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year China's national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge. World 19 Mar, 2022
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. World 06 Jan, 2022
Jamunaha border with India fully operational The ban that was in place on vehicular movement across the Nepal-India border point in Jamunaha of Banke district was completely lifted from on Sunday. Nepal 04 Oct, 2021
US reports more than 1,000 COVID deaths in single day The United States reported more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, equating to around 42 fatalities an hour, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant continues to ravage parts of the country with low vaccination rates. World 18 Aug, 2021
After COVID surge, some signs of internal dissent against India's Modi "I am heart-broken, nobody came to help us when we needed help the most," said Pasi, 45, speaking in Balai village in Uttar Pradesh state. Nearby, on the banks of the Ganges river, scores of bodies of people believed to have died of COVID-19 have washed up. World 30 Jun, 2021
Shades of vaccine diplomacy: Nothing comes for free The pandemic has had significant impact on the economy, social life and politics around the world. Opinion 22 Jun, 2021
India turns to ex-army medics as COVID surge sparks calls for lockdown Some 400 medical officers are expected to serve on contract for a maximum of 11 months, the ministry said in a press release, adding that other defence doctors had also been roped in for online consultations. World 09 May, 2021
'Human catastrophe' as India's COVID-19 surge spreads to Nepal Nepal is being overwhelmed by a COVID-19 surge as India's outbreak spreads across South Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Wednesday. Nepal 05 May, 2021
18-point suggestion put forth to tackle fresh COVID surge A sub-committee under the Education and Health Committee in the House of Representatives has presented an 18-point suggestion to the government to curb a possible outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. Kathmandu 25 Mar, 2021
ICU beds full as COVID surges in Indian capital, weekend festival a worry NEW DELHI: After his 92-year-old grandmother started coughing and her blood oxygen levels plummeted, Varunn Kaushik took her to two top private hospitals in New Delhi on Monday. Neither took her in, even after one of them found her positive for... Women 12 Nov, 2020
