5 signs that show Covid-19 third wave has begun in Nepal
The government has requested vigilance to prevent the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The first batch of Pfizer’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine has arrived in Kathmandu.
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After failing to receive one million doses of the purchased Covishield Covid-19 vaccines from India on time, Nepal has launched another initiative to buy two million Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccines from China.
KARNALI, May 9: The death tally from Covid-19 in the Karnali Province has reached 82.
The Health Service Directorate has said the deaths rate from the second wave of Covid-19
spreading since the beginning of Nepali New Year is on the rise.
The second wave deaths rate is double than in the first wave of pandemic, it is said.
A total of 40 people succumbed to the virus during the first wave and the tally doubled in less than a month.
According to the Directorate, so far 102,993 PCR tests have been conducted and 10,633 results are positive. Similarly, 1982 have, out of 10,206, antigen tested positive for the deadly virus. The district has 3,818 active cases.
MORANG, April: Minister for Social Development in Province No 1 Ushakala Rai has instructed the concerned authorities at Koshi Hospital Covid-19 Treatment Centre, Biratnagar to render quality and credible treatment to the Covid-19 patients.
At the meeting held at the her office at Biratnagar today, Minister Rai directed the health workers and medical officers at the Koshi Hospital to set an example when it comes to offering treatment to the Covid-19 patients.
Stating that the Covid-19 treatment center set up at Koshi Hospital was resourceful and had health facilities for treatment, Rai urged the health workers to ensure that the patients are confident of the treatment at the Centre.
The Covid-19 treatment centre was set up by the private sector in collaboration of the province government on December 20, 2020. However, the centre will start treating the Covid-19 patients from Friday.
The Minister instructed the concerned authorities to manage adequate human resources in treatment of the Covid-19 patients. “We do not have budget constraint. The internal management should be good,” she instructed the hospital administration.
She also underscored the need for healthcare waste management. The Covid-19 treatment centre has 83 bed having oxygen facilities and 21 bed having ventilators.
Present in the meeting were secretary at the Ministry of Social Development Govinda Bahadur Karki, Medical Superintendent at Koshi Hospital Dr Chuman Lal Das and Dr Deepak Sigdel among others.
