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When denial goes viral
What lessons we have not learnt five years after Covid-19 turned the world, and Nepal, upside down.
Not over till it's over
BRIDGING THE HEALTH GAP: Community health worker Birma Devi Kunwar, 32, crosses a bridge in Darchula with a Covid-19 vaccine box on her back.…
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…
Tourism picks up
I nternational tourist arrivals increased by 58% in July-September, compared to the same period of 2020. This is still 64% below average 2019…
Dying to get vaccinated
Scientists can invent vaccines, but political scientists cannot find answers to vaccine denial
EU to share 200 million vaccines by 2021
Photo: UNICEF NEPALThe European Union has renewed its committment to sharing more than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with low and…
Vaccines, variants and a third wave
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor the first time in weeks, Nepal recorded more than 3,000 new cases on 20 July. There were 25 deaths. The country is on…
No country is safe until we are all safe
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALASouth and southeast Asian countries have in recent months witnessed a sharp and sustained surge of SARS-CoV2 infection. For…
Vacillating on vaccines
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe flood of social media posts of donated medical supplies being unloaded at Kathmandu airport every day, gives the…
Staying safe in 2021 and beyond
The only way to prevent Covid-19 for now is for Nepalis to mask up, avoid crowds and wash hands
VAX POPULI
Nepal Army special funeral team brings home the first fatality from Covid-19 in Bhojpur District. She was a 24-year-old woman. The government's…
As India peaks, Covid-19 spreads rapidly in Nepal
UPDATE 29 August: Covid-19 fatality in Nepal now stands at 207. A total of 22 people are undergoing treatment with ventilator support: three in…
Prevention while searching for a cure
Hand-washing and masks will help Nepal cope with infectious diseases that pre-date COVID-19
Remembering a pandemic 100 years ago
There are important lessons for the Subcontinent from the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak
This is a test
A quarantine zone at Nepal Army's headquarters in Tundikhel. Photo: BIKRAM RAIBy now the novel coronavirus pandemic has affected every corner of…
A shot in the arm for vaccines in Nepal
Photo : UNICEFLast month, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study of the successful trial of a new typhoid vaccine…
Polio hunt
Photo: UNICEFPolio eradication is one of the most ambitious public health initiatives undertaken in human history. Launched in 1988 by the World…
TB or not TB
Bikram RaiNeglect by Nepal's rulers of the poor, the disenfranchised and marginalised has been a given throughout our history. Royal or…