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Hotspots within Kathmandu’s Covid-19 hotbed

Hotspots within Kathmandu’s Covid-19 hotbed

Maps: CCMCKathmandu is a hotbed for Covid-19 with 60% of all active cases in the country. But there are hotspots within this hotbed.A map…

As virus spreads, Kathmandu hospitals strain to cope

As virus spreads, Kathmandu hospitals strain to cope

Photo: BIKRAM RAILooking at the daily statistics from the Ministry of Health, the figures are alarming. Nepal is nearing the 100,000 Covid-19…

Coronavirus in Nepal’s corridors of power

Coronavirus in Nepal’s corridors of power

Photo: PMOAfter lying relatively dormant since January, SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in Nepal, with most of the cases now in Kathmandu…

Covid-19 lessons for Kathmandu from the Tarai

Covid-19 lessons for Kathmandu from the Tarai

Nepali workers entering the border from India through Behaliya checkpoint in Rupandehi. Photo: MANORANJAN SHARMAIn July, as the government eased…

Nepal Police at the frontlines against coronavirus

Nepal Police at the frontlines against coronavirus

All photos: BIKRAM RAIA total of 620 police across the country have been infected with Covid-19, two Deputy Inspector General working in the…

COVID-19 spreads closer to Nepal’s ruling circle

COVID-19 spreads closer to Nepal’s ruling circle

Given how unconcerned rulers in Kathmandu have historically been to the plight of underserved Nepalis in the rest of the country, it was perhaps…

The barber and the virus in Kathmandu

The barber and the virus in Kathmandu

Nepal Army personnel perform final rites of a daily wage worker who passed away this week. Photo: RSSIt was 11am on Monday morning in a quiet…

COVID-19 mutes Krishna festival in Kathmandu

COVID-19 mutes Krishna festival in Kathmandu

Photos: Bikram Rai and Monika Deupala

Nepal’s virus vortex

Nepal’s virus vortex

A woman with her mask down walks by Sneha Shrestha mural in Pimbahal, Patan this week. Photo: BIKRAM RAI Five months after the first COVID-19…