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Kathmandu: A person in Nepal is reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The virus infected person had returned to Nepal from Doha on March 17. This was disclosed at a press conference held in Kathmandu by the Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday afternoon. With this,…

Kathmandu, (RSS): After all seven States got the PCR machines for the test on Tuesday, they have begun testing COVID-19 samples. The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) had however begun the test since Monday. Recently, BPKIHS is testing 12 samples of COVID-19, said Vice-Chancellor Guru Khanal. Preparation is…

Kathmandu: Nepal Airline’s wide-body airbus has flown to Australia, carrying nearly 264 Australian nationals Wednesday at around 5:30 p.m. Officials at Nepal Airlines said this is the first time that Nepal’s wide-body airbus is operating its direct flight to the Australian town of Brisbane on Wednesday evening. Australian embassy in…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has finally decided to put off the Visit Nepal Year 2020 (VNY2020) campaign after the deadly Coronavirus surged up as a global epidemic. The government’s high-level meeting held on March 22 formally decided to put off the VNY following the global COVID-19 pandemic in the country. With…

Kathmandu: A special chartered Qatar Airlines aircraft has taken off from Tribhuvan International Airport, with nearly 300 American citizens on board Tuesday. These American citizens are reported to have been stranded in various parts of the country due to the country’s extended lockdown imposed to contain the spread of deadly…

 Kashiram Sharma Nepali migrant workers coming from various places of India are found illegally sneaking into Nepal through clandestine routes, posing health risk amidst COVID-19 pandemic. People who had arrived in Narainapur on Sunday using the illegal routes have been advised to stay under home quarantine after doctors examined their…

Kathmandu: The COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over in Asia and a large scale community transmission seems to be in store according to the World Health Organization (WHO) sources Tuesday. WHO warned the countries in the Asia-Pacific-region to make all preparations against large-scale transmission of the deadly virus and not…

Kathmandu: Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) has urged all the travel agencies to provide the information regarding those passengers arriving in Nepal along with COVID-19-infection. In a press statement issued Monday, NATTA President Achuyt Guragain appealed to the travel agencies to provide information about the passengers arriving…

Kathmandu: Over 1,330 foreign tourists and Nepali tourist guides left stranded at several destinations due to a weeklong nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus have been rescued. As per the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) sources, such a number of tourists were rescued from different 19 touristic destinations including Pokhara, Lukla, Taplejung,…

Kathmandu: The nationwide weekly lockdown period imposed to contain COVID-19 which is about to expire on the upcoming Tuesday is extended for another week until April 5 according to government sources. A high-level meeting of coordination committee on the prevention and containment of COVID-19  on Sunday recommended to the Nepal…