Tag: #Covid second wave
Articles tagged with #Covid second wave

Going down with the ship
Illustration: Diwakar ChettriIf anyone had wanted to dismantle Nepal’s Communist movement, no one would have been able to do a better job than…

Pandemic and the political-economy of oxygen supply
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s oxygen emergency has eased somewhat as the Covid-19 second wave crests, but the crisis exposed serious gaps in the…

Nepali migrants again caught up in 2nd wave
The numbers needing urgent help are not as high as last year

"Be safe"
Safety is more than a synonym or a metaphor. It is a prayer. I hope you will not have to go through what I just did.

In Nepal, virus climbs from plains to mountains
The B.1.617.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2 that started entering Nepal from India in early April first affected the border cities and districts in the…

In Nepal, virus climbs from plains to mountains
The B.1.617.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2 that started entering Nepal from India in early April first affected the border cities and districts in the…

The social media contagion
Bhabindra Ghimire was admitted to Teku Hospital when his oxygen levels dropped after testing positive for Covid-19 in April. With nothing to do…

The social media contagion
Bhabindra Ghimire was admitted to Teku Hospital when his oxygen levels dropped after testing positive for Covid-19 in April. With nothing to do…

We knew the tsunami was approaching
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA month ago, Nepal was reporting an average of only 300 Covid-19 cases daily, and the number of deaths was zero for…

We knew the tsunami was approaching
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA month ago, Nepal was reporting an average of only 300 Covid-19 cases daily, and the number of deaths was zero for…

Nepal extends flight ban till 31 May
Daily Covid-19 confirmed cases in Nepal. Source:WORLDMETER.ORGEven as the Covid-19 surge devastates Nepal, the government has extended…

Nepal extends flight ban till 31 May
Daily Covid-19 confirmed cases in Nepal. Source:WORLDMETER.ORGEven as the Covid-19 surge devastates Nepal, the government has extended…

Concern in China over Nepal Covid-19 surge
China’s new batch of medical supplies for Nepal published in Global Times.The Covid-19 second wave ravaging Nepal has raised concern in China’s…

Concern in China over Nepal Covid-19 surge
China’s new batch of medical supplies for Nepal published in Global Times.The Covid-19 second wave ravaging Nepal has raised concern in China’s…

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal
Services provided from outside of OPD due to Covid cases. Photos: NYAYA HEALTH NEPALNepal’s rural health system, already underfunded,…

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal
Services provided from outside of OPD due to Covid cases. Photos: NYAYA HEALTH NEPALNepal’s rural health system, already underfunded,…

“EU will stand by Nepal in hard times”
Team Europe will do its part so that 20% of Nepal’s population is vaccinated under the COVAX initiative

Nepal is a hotbed of virus and politics
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe most glaring failure of the past year has been the state’s abdication of responsibility towards public welfare…

Nepal is a hotbed of virus and politics
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe most glaring failure of the past year has been the state’s abdication of responsibility towards public welfare…

This is war
Nepal’s first wave of the coronavirus last year now looks like a ripple, and what the country is now witnessing is the main eruption. A lot of…

This is war
Nepal’s first wave of the coronavirus last year now looks like a ripple, and what the country is now witnessing is the main eruption. A lot of…

Nepal postpones census amid Covid-19 surge
Nepal’s government decided on Monday to postpone the 12th National Population and Household Census scheduled for 8-22 June this year until…

Nepal postpones census amid Covid-19 surge
Nepal’s government decided on Monday to postpone the 12th National Population and Household Census scheduled for 8-22 June this year until…

Mom in Delhi, Dad in Kathmandu
All photos: ALISHA SIJAPATIEven as the pandemic spread across the Subcontinent last year, and one country after another went into lockdown, I…
