Nepal records 5, 583 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths on Tuesday
Nepal logged 5, 583 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths on Tuesday.
With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,088,251. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,752.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 10,776 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 3,657 returned positive. Likewise, 6,898 people underwent antigen tests, of which 1,926 tested positive.
The Ministry said that 8,267 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 74,532 active cases in the country.
The Ministry said that 871,165 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.
The Ministry said that 73,178 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 475 are in institutionalized isolation.
Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 1, 907 new cases today.
According to the Ministry, 1,404 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 304 in Lalitpur and 195 in Bhaktapur.
Israel provides over half million syringes to Nepal
The government of Israel provided over half million syringes to Nepal to support immunization efforts.
The consignment of 5,63,000 syringes arrived via air freight on Tuesday.
Ambassador of Israel to Nepal Hanan Goder, handed over the syringes to the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal.
“This is part of the international struggle against the pandemic. Israel is proud to cooperate with the Nepali efforts in this struggle,” Ambassador Goder said.
The Embassy of Israel is happy to share humanitarian aid with the people of Nepal as an act of solidarity between our two nations. We believe that this gesture would contribute to meeting 2022 Vaccination targets and bringing the pandemic under control, read a statement issued today.
YAN files case at CIAA against Health Minister Khatiwada
Youth Association Nepal, youth wing of the main opposition CPN-UML, on Tuesday filed a case at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) against Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada.
Issuing a statement, the YAN has demanded action against Minister Khatiwada among others for embezzling Rs2.4 billion from the state coffers by squandering 2.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
“The YAN demanded stringent action against Minister Khatiwada among others for embezzling Rs 2.4 billion from the state coffers,” the statement read.
Bird flu detected in Morang
The cases of bird flu have been confirmed at two locations of Morang in Province 1.
According to the Department of Livestock Services, the detection of avian influenza (H5N1 virus) has been confirmed at Khuniyakatta of Gramthan-1 and Budhiganga-5 through a laboratory test.
Department Officiating Director General Lekhraj Dahal said the lab samples collected from local farms were tested positive for the bird flu on January 30. The test was conducted at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Tripureshwar through real-time PCR.
According to him, following the detection of the virus, the Department on Sunday promptly mobilized related bodies to destroy domestic fowls and other goods capable of transmitting the virus. The preventive measures were carried out through the mobilization of livestock-related bodies at the federal, provincial and local levels.
The Livestock Development Ministry has urged for the veterinary certificates for the transport of poultry and poultry related goods. Farmers have been requested to take safety measures, to regularly disinfect the farm premises, to be more attentive to other safety measures, not to let the domestic animals come into contact with wild animals, to immediately inform the nearby department of livestock services if any fowl died unnaturally. RSS
