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NC Prez Deuba draws govt's attention over COVID-19, demands to ensure vaccination against pandemic

KATHMANDU, May 20: President of main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC), Sher Bahadur Deuba has drawn the government’s attention over the ongoing  second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) i.  President Deuba, on Thursday, reached the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar and handed over a 15-point memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli  to draw the government’s attention to combat COVID-19. Leaders including Krishna Prasad Sitaula, General Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka and  Joint General Secretary Prakash Sharan Mahat joined Deuba.  Expressing his serious concerns over rising death rate and shortage of beds and lifesaving oxygen at hospitals, President Deuba demanded the government immediately initiate diplomatic efforts for the procurement of vaccines against coronavirus. He also urged the government to make necessary arrangements to address the shortage of hospital beds and oxygen at the earliest. Deuba also suggested to the government to run an awareness drive to protect children from the deadlier wave of the coronavirus disease.  

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CDC Halts COVID-19 Vaccination Card Printing

It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.

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CDC Halts COVID-19 Vaccination Card Printing

It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.

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Study: Immune Cells Crucial for Vaccination Efficacy

A study has provided fresh information on a vital subset of immune system cells required for successful vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus.

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Airspace devastated by covid pandemic returns to normal

KATHMANDU, Dec. 31: The aviation sector, which was devastated by the Global pandemic; the coronavirus, has started to return to normal again. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, domestic and international flights have been completely affected since 2019 due to the pandemic. Which is now back t

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COVID-19 vaccination campaign going ahead with priority: Health Minister

Minister for health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has said the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is going ahead with high priority. Speaking in a press meet organized by the Socialist Press Organization Morang here today, he said, "The government has the policy of conducting the vaccination program in a more effective manner in all the seven provinces by preparing the schedule." The Health Minister said there is no problem regarding the vaccination against COVID-19 since 40 million doses of vaccines were in stock. Stating that 40 percent of the total population has got vaccinated, he said a temporary desk will also be set up for expediting the vaccination campaign. "The government is preparing to carry out regular inoculation in crowded cities. So far, 28 million doses of vaccines have been administered," the Health Minister said, adding that work of vaccinating children above 12 years and below 18 years of age has already been underway since December 19. According to him, people taking full doses of vaccines has reached 60 percent. Health Minister Khatiwada shared that the government has made preparations for the prevention and control of Omicron variant of the Novel Coronavirus and treating the infected persons. He said the government has made holding centers and made arrangements for ICU, ventilators and oxygen plants at hospitals. The Health Minister said discussion is on between the government and the insurance companies so that the beneficiaries can get the insurance amount the policy for which was bought by the citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Minister inspects vaccination centres in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, November 3: Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada inspected various vaccination centres set up at gateways to the Kathmandu Valley today. The Ministry had launched vaccination drive against COVID-19 since November 2 targeting those leaving Kathmandu Valley during the Tihar festival. Vaccine centres were set up at Koteshwor, Gongabu and Kalanki. Health Minister Khatiwada visited the centre in Koteshwor and Balkhu and said that vaccination was effective in minimizing the COVID-19 pandemic. Pledging that more vaccination centres would be set up after Tihar festival, the Minister shared that such centres would be set up in other places as well. According to him, the government was going to procure 10 million vaccines from various countries which would be administered on children. On November 2, some 3,000 people got vaccinated. Additional 10,000 are estimated to receive the jab, the Ministry said. Meanwhile, another vaccination centre has been set up at Gwarko, Lalitpur today.

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Slow vaccination fuels anger in Iran

Iranians are suffering through yet another surge in the coronavirus pandemic

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Brazil's COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths decline due to vaccination

RIO DE JANIEIRO, July 15: Hospital admissions and deaths due to COVID-19 have declined in Brazil thanks to progress in vaccination against the virus, Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) said on Wednesday. In its weekly bulletin on the pandemic, the federally-funded medical research facility said that for the first time since December, no Brazilian state has reported intensive care units (ICUs) with over 90 percent occupancy. However, four states are in the "critical alert zone," with more than 80 percent ICU occupancy, including Santa Catarina (82 percent), Goias and Parana (at 81 percent occupancy each), and the Federal District (80 percent). Most of Brazil is in the "medium alert zone," with ICU occupancy rates of 60 to 80 percent, while seven states are on low alert, with occupancy of less than 60 percent, including Acre, which has just 24 percent occupancy. "Vaccines are especially effective in preventing serious cases," said Fiocruz, urging continued social distancing, use of masks and hygiene measures, and calling on the entire population to get vaccinated. "The possibility of the emergence of variants with the potential to reduce the effectiveness of available vaccines is pertinent and cannot be overlooked," it added. For the third week in a row, deaths caused by COVID-19 fell, although they remained at high levels, with more than 46,000 cases of infection and 1,300 deaths a day on average last week. The fatality rate is around 3 percent, which is considered high. Brazil has the world's second-highest pandemic death toll, with more than 535,000 deaths, and third-worst outbreak, with over 19 million cases.

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DLA demands immediate vaccination to all legal practitioners

KATHAMNDU, June 7: The Democratic Lawyers Association (DLA) has demanded immediate vaccination against COVID-19 to legal practitioners who are working in the frontline for the safeguarding of the constitution and law in a pandemic.  Congratulating the newly-appointed minister for health Sher Bahadur Tamang, also a legal practitioner and former minister, DLA submitted a memorandum calling for prompt arrangement for vaccination to lawyers.  A team headed by DLA general secretary Laxmi Devi Dahal Rawal drew the attention of Minister for Health Tamang in view of heightened risk of coronavirus. As many as 750 legal practitioners were inoculated with the first dose of vaccine in the first vaccination drive. They have yet to receive the second dose as the stipulated time for the same has already passed.

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Tourism entrepreneurs demand vaccination

POKHARA, May 23: The Pokhara Tourism Council has drawn the attention of the government towards protecting the lives of the people by immediately bringing in COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination is inevitable as the second wave of the Corona Virus pandemic has severely impacted the people and their day-to-day life. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the Council has demanded that the government protect the right of the citizens to live, by giving first priority to their health in the present situation. As the tourism sector has suffered direct and long-term impact as a result of the pandemic, the Council has urged the government to make arrangements for vaccination at the earliest to tourism entrepreneurs, staffers and workers so as to protect the tourism sector.

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