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An upward trend in new Covid-19 cases continued in India on Friday, with the country recording 7,584 new cases and 24 deaths. With this, active cases rose to 36,267. The total number of recoveries logged in the last 24 hours was 3,791, The Indian Express reported.

The BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants are making their presence felt across various areas in the country with the daily Covid tally now showing a rise in the country. When contacted, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO chief scientist, told The Indian Express that it could be the start of a mini wave. “The sub-variants that are emerging are more transmissible than the original Omicron BA.1 and there is a likelihood of waning immunity. It is a possibility that there could be mini waves every four-six months or so and hence, apart from all Covid-appropriate precautionary measures that need to be taken, it is important to also track the variant,” Dr Swaminathan said, according to The Indian Express.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere except the Middle East and Southeast Asia last week, according to a World Health Organisation weekly report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the UN health agency said confirmed cases dropped 12% to more than 3 million and reported deaths declined 22 per cent to about 7,600.

The government has decided to inoculate booster shots to all the children aged between 12 and 17 years, who were administered with Covid-19 vaccine three months ago, from today.

A meeting of the Health and Population held on Tuesday decided to administer booster shots from Friday.

The children were inoculated with Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

Similarly, the government has started preparations to administer Covid-19 vaccine to the children aged between five and 12 from June 23. They will be inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine.

Ending a series of discussions and even the protests of the local community, an 18-point agreement has been signed among the agitating locals, people's representatives and Kathmandu Metropolitan City for the waste management of the Kathmandu Valley at Bancharedanda Kudule Landfill Site in Sisdole.

As per the late night deal, the waste from the Kathmandu Valley would be managed in the landfill site only in the nighttime.

As agreed, the affected area would be classified after conducting a scientific study, the unpleasant odor in the landfill site would be reduced and sewage leakage from the garbage carrying trucks would be managed within a month.

Chairpersons of ward no. 1, 2 and 3 of Kakani Rural Municipality of Nuwakot and ward no. 1 and 3 of Dhunibensi Municipality of Dhading district have signed the agreement on behalf of affected site.

Likewise, Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah, Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol and Chief Administrative Officer have also signed the agreement.

Prior to this, garbage collection was stalled after the obstruction from the Sisdole folks despite the Minister for Urban Development, Kathmandu Metropolitan Cuty, Kakani Rural Municipality in Nuwakot and Dhunibesi Municipality in Dhading agreed to resume waste collections in the Kathmandu Valley by signing an 11-point deal on Monday evening.

Following the obstructions from the locals, the garbage from the Kathmandu Valley is piled up for 13 days on.

A person died when an excavator fell off a cliff in Gulmi.

The deceased has been identified as driver Yagya Oli (33) of Tilakpur, Shantinagar Rural Municipality-1, Dang.

The vehicle (Lu 1 Ka 4771) was heading towards Lumcha from Ratapani of Chatrakot Rural Municipality-2 of the district when the incident occurred, the District Police Office, Gulmi said.

DSP Madhav Raj Kharel of the District Police Office, Gulmi said that the excavator fell some 500 meters down the road.