Minister Khatiwada launches COVID-19 vaccination drive for children

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KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has launched COVID-19 vaccination campaign for school children today.   Minister Khatiwada formall ...

Indian-made Covovax listed for emergency use to increase access to vaccination in lower-income countries

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KATHMANDU, December 19: With aim to increase access to vaccination in lower-income countries, the World Health Organization has recently listed Indian-made Covovax (NVX-CoV2373) for emergency use. ...

Over 9,000 kids to be given Moderna jabs in Humla

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SIMKOT, Dec 15: Children of the 12-17 age group are to be innoculated against COVID-19 in Humla district. Moderna vaccines would be administered to 9,621 children of that age group. ...

Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO

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DECEMBER 15: Cases of the heavily mutated variant have been confirmed in 77 countries. But at a press conference, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was probably in...

Pfizer confirms high efficacy of COVID-19 antiviral pill

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NEW YORK, Dec. 15: U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. Tuesday said final results show that its novel COVID-19 oral antiviral tablets could reduce risk of hospitalization or death by close...

COVID-19 Update: 264 new cases, 2 deaths Tuesday

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KATHMANDU: The country recorded 264 new cases and two infection-related deaths in the past 24 hours as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.  ...

NC General Convention: 548 candidates for 134 positions

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KATHMANDU: A total of 548 candidates have filed their nominations for 134 positions of the central executive committee of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in the ongoing 14th General Convention.  ...

1.5 million Moderna vaccines arrive Thursday

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KATHMANDU: Nepal, on Thursday, received a consignment of 1.5 million doses of US-made Moderna vaccine to be administered against the novel coronavirus disease.  As many as 1, ...

Most patients infected with Omicron COVID-19 variant get mild symptoms: S. African doctor

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JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 8: Chairperson of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) said most patients infected with Omicron COVID-19 variant got mild symptoms, while the unvaccinated patients showed relatively severe sy...

COVID-19: 315 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday

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KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has updated 315 new cases of coronavirus in the country. It is the result after 11,810 PCR tests conducted in the last 24...

Nepal’s COVID-19 vaccination status: 8.7 million people fully vaccinated

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KATHMANDU: At least 8,780,433 people so far have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease. The figure accounts for 28.9 percent of the total population of Nepal.  ...

Know Omicron variant: Is Omicron more harmful than other Covid variants?

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Nepal detected two new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday. Omicron variant of the virus, first detected in South Africa, is currently spreading rapidly across the globe ...

265 corona cases detected Monday through 8,617 tests

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KATHMANDU: Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed that 265 people caught the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Monday afternoon.  The new cases...

COVID-19: Omicron variant detected in Nepal

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KATHMANDU: Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. Organizing a press conference on Monday, the Health Ministry shared that two people arriving in Nepal from So ...

Govt preparing to administer COVID-19 booster shots in Nepal, Who can receive it?

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KATHMANDU, December 6: The government is making preparations to administer booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal.  The booster shots are likely to be administered to peo ...