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Still learning lessons from COVID
Nepal is a contributor to an important recovery trial that discovered treatment for coronavirus disease
Omnipresent Omicron starts to lose its edge
Frontline workers waiting for their booster dose at a hospital in Kathmandu last week. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs elsewhere in the world, the…
3rd Covid wave infects Nepal’s frontliners
Crowd of people lining up for Covid vaccination outside Teku Hospital on Tuesday. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIDuring the devastating second wave last…
Diary of a Covid frontline worker in Nepal
Security personnel and relatives of the deceased attend a mourning at the premise of infectious disease hospital in Pokhara. Photos: BARSHA…
Omicron may not be as risky, but take care
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe fact that Omicron was detected in an individual who had arrived in Nepal five days before the new variant was first…
Nepal reopening for tourists
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter nearly two years of nearly zero tourist arrivals and revenue, Nepal looks set to welcome international tourists again…
Dying to get vaccinated
Scientists can invent vaccines, but political scientists cannot find answers to vaccine denial
Nepal sees spike in suicides during pandemic
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
The real cost of Nepal’s second wave
The pandemic makes Nepalis poorer and ruins the economy, but the government has no solutions
Grow back greener
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
Life hangs by an oxygen tube in Nepal
Covid patients in Seti Hospital.The situation at Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadi is much like the rest of the country. It is at breaking…
Life hangs by an oxygen tube in Nepal
Covid patients in Seti Hospital.The situation at Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadi is much like the rest of the country. It is at breaking…
Ujwal Thapa’s light shines on
Illustration: Bhushan ShilpakarIt was in his passing on Tuesday after a two-week battle against Covid-19, that Ujwal Thapa got the kind of…
Ujwal Thapa’s light shines on
Illustration: Bhushan ShilpakarIt was in his passing on Tuesday after a two-week battle against Covid-19, that Ujwal Thapa got the kind of…
“I’m sad vaccines are delayed in Nepal”
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIThe Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed the lives of 3.5 million people, worldwide, according to the World Health…
Protecting those who protect us from Covid
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and…
Protecting those who protect us from Covid
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and…
It’s an Emergency
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
Rural Nepal fights back Covid-19
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
Rural Nepal fights back Covid-19
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
Covid-19 numbers slightly down in Nepal
On Sunday, Nepal reported 7,368 new cases with a slight decline in test positivity rate, which at 37% with 19,883 tests is still much higher…
Covid-19 numbers slightly down in Nepal
On Sunday, Nepal reported 7,368 new cases with a slight decline in test positivity rate, which at 37% with 19,883 tests is still much higher…
Vaccine geo-politics and Sputnik-V
While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries. This…
Vaccine geo-politics and Sputnik-V
While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries. This…