Health Ministry projects Covid 4th wave will hit a peak next month

The Ministry of Health and Population says the Covid 4th wave in Nepal will hit its peak next month. The post Health Ministry projects Covid 4th wave will hit a peak next month appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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Why should Nepal prioritise Dalit communities in its Covid vaccination?

Health Ministry data about the Covid vaccination drive suggests that 79.5 per cent of the total population has been administered only one dose of the vaccine while 76.5 per cent has been administered full doses. The post Why should Nepal prioritise Dalit communities in its Covid vaccination? appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Health Ministry calls for caution amid rising Covid cases in India

The Ministry of Health and Population has asked the citizens of the country to be vigilant as the number of Covid cases is going up in India. The post Health Ministry calls for caution amid rising Covid cases in India appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Covid-19 spread in Nepal on the rise again: Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health and Population says the spread of the coronavirus infection is on the rise in Nepal again, at least for the past one week.

Ncell Covid aid

cell Axiata Limited has handed over the first batch of 150 oxygen concentrators to the Health Ministry. Ncell is also operating a Covid-19 hotline in collaboration with Dhulikhel Hospital, providing free-of-cost teleconsultation for those in home isolation. Ncell has also launched a new version of its website which allows customers to buy voice, data packs, and […]

Protecting those who protect us from Covid

Photo: BIKRAM RAI n 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and Pujya Shree Karki who lost their lives to Covid-19. Nepal doesn’t yet have an exact figure on the total number of medical staff infected by the SARS-CoV-2 but the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) is […]

Covid-19 Nepal: Oxygen shortage in Kathmandu may invite disaster

As oxygen is running out at KIST Medical College Teaching Hospital in Patan, the hospital’s chief operating officer Amish Pathak is doing everything he can. He is calling oxygen plants, but they tell him they do not have any. A similar answer comes from the Health Ministry and the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre as Pathak, for the patient’s sake, does all he can to get two cylinders of oxygen.

HRPS draws attention to Covid-19 appeal by Health Ministry

KATHMANDU, May 2: The Human Rights and Peace Society (HRPS) has drawn its attention to an appeal to the public relating to Covid-19 issued by the Ministry of Health and Population. "The Society has drawn its serious attention to the appeal released on Friday mentioning the government's inability to provide care to Covid-19 infected people and hospital beds following the infection that 'has shot up at a rate the country's health system could not withstand'," read a statement issued on Saturday by the Society's president Gobinda Khanal.  In times of a crisis, any agency including the government should not lose its restraint and work together to deal with such crisis, said the Society.  It also found it necessary to exchange national and international assistances and cooperation to fight the infection. It urged all concerned authority including the government to show their strengths and mobilise all resources and workforce to fight the virus.