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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…
Omicron is coming to Nepal, be prepared
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
Nepal’s class divide widens
Photo: UMA THAPA MAGARThird grader Sona Lama lives in the uplands of Rasuwa and has not been to school for more than a year. But since Nepal…
What can we do till vaccines arrive?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThis op-ed is being simultaneously published in the Indian Express (India), The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Nepali Times…
Nepal goes viral
One thing we cannot complain about is that, for once, the world is not ignoring a humanitarian disaster in Nepal. They have even named a variant…
Microcosms of a pandemic
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIEvery day, many Nepalis across the country religiously tune in to the Health Ministry’s website, Facebook or Twitter at…
Pokhara locked down
Photo: KRISHNA MANI BARALKaski has become the latest in the list of districts to be placed under strict lockdown following the surge in new…
Pokhara locked down
Photo: KRISHNA MANI BARALKaski has become the latest in the list of districts to be placed under strict lockdown following the surge in new…
How Nepal can survive 2nd Covid wave
Masking up, physical separation and mass immunisation
Indians use Nepal to circumvent travel bans
Photo: KUNDA DIXITIndians with jobs or families abroad are using Kathmandu transit to go to countries like Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Hong Kong…
1st signs of the 2nd wave in Nepal
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepalis had started to heave a sigh of relief with the start of the vaccine drive in January, but the latest surge in…
Had Covid? Beware of Long Covid.
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepal is seeing the first signs of a second Covid-19 surge even as its vaccination drive is suspended, and as survivors…
Thick haze adds to Nepal Covid-19 woes
Thousands of revellers thronged to Kathmandu's Darbar Square on Sunday to celebrate Phau Purnima ignoring warnings of a possible second Covid-19…