KATHMANDU, June 20 : Nepal government has stressed on the need to explore settlement of recent conflict between China and India through peaceful means.

Nepal has the established conviction that the conflict between the countries should be resolved peacefully, the government clarified, noting Nepal always stands for regional and global peace.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this in a press note related to the recent development of conflict between neighbouring India and China in Galwan valley area on the India-China border.

According to the Ministry, Nepal was confident that the mutual disputes should be sorted out through peaceful medium as per the spirit of good neighbours.

In a press release issued by the ministry this evening, it is hoped that both the countries would explore peaceful solution to the problem in favour of mutual, regional and world peace and stability. RSS

KATHMANDU, June 12: Nepal on Friday reported a record single-day spike in the number of infections as the coronavirus cases crossed 5,000.

Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Jageshwar Gautam, during a daily press briefing, confirmed 448 new infections, taking Nepal’s total to 5,062. Of them, 424 are fames and 24 are females.

Of the today infected confirmed at various laboratories across the country, 86 cases are from Rautahat, 57 are from Sarlahi, 45 are from Surkhet, 38 are from Dailekh, 28 are from Dhading, 22 are from Syangja, 17 are from Saptari, 16 each from Rupandehi and Mahottari, 15 each from Bardiya and Dhanusha, 13 each from Parbat and Jhapa, 11 are from Siraha, 10 are from Sunsari, nine are from Nawalparasi east, eight each from Chitwan and Dang, four are from Kapilvastu, three each from Udaypur and Morang, two each from, Arghakhanchi, Pyuthan and Nawalparasi West and one each from Ilam, Tanahu, Banke, Gulmi, Palpa, Bara, Nuwakot and Kathmandu, according to Gautam.

Of the total infected, 4709 are males and 353 are females.

Gautam also confirmed one more casualty today, as the virus death toll in the country climbed to 16.

A 57-year old male from Malarani rural municipality-4 of Arghakhanchi district, who died on Wednesday, has tested positive for the virus.

“He suffered from breathing complications while staying in a quarantine facility set up at a school and was taken to Lumbini Provincial Hospital. He died while returning from the hospital on Wednesday,” said Gautam.

“His swab samples were sent to Provincial Public Health Laboratory in Bhairahawa. He tested positive on Thursday,” he added.

He had returned from Maharastra of India 12 days ago.

A total of 877 patients have recovered so far.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed 314 more infections on Monday, taking Nepal’s total COVID-19 cases to 3762. Of them, 294 are males and 20 are females.

The ministry also confirmed one more death as virus death toll climbed to 14 in Nepal.

Newly appointed Spokesperson at the ministry, Dr. Jageshwar Gautam, during a regular press briefing, said that of today’s infected, 106 are from Sarlahi, 31 are from Arghakhanchi, 24 are from Kapilvastu, 22 are from Saptari, 18 are from Bardiya, 12 from Mahottari, 11 from Rautahat, 10 from Dailekh, nine each from Jhapa and Morang, eight each from Parsa and Pyuthan, seven from Bara, five each from Salyan and Rupandehi, four from Dang, two from Nawalparasi and one each from Sunsari, Panthchat, Syangja (including one death), Kaski, Banke, Surkhet, Gulmi and Palpa, and 15 more have tested positive during tests conducted at the Provincial Public Health Laboratory Janakpur.

Devkota also confirmed the death of a 60-year-old male patient from Waling municipality-3 of Syangja district.

He died while receiving treatment at the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara. He was a patient of kidney, diabetes and other ailments.

According to Gautam, 21 patients were discharged after recovery in the past 24 hours, a total of 488 patients have recovered until today.

The virus has spread to 71 districts in the country.

KATHMANDU, June 6: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed two more deaths on Saturday as the death toll from the COVID-19 in Nepal climbed to 13.

A 55-year-old female from Dhangadhi-4 of Kailali district, who died on Friday, has tested positive for the virus, said Spokesperson at the ministry, Bikas Devkota.

“She was a kidney patient. She died while undergoing dialysis at Seti Hospital at around 12 pm,” he said adding, “Her swab samples have tested positive.”

Devkota also confirmed the death of another coronavirus patient from Dolpa district.

The information about his death was earlier shared by Social Development Ministry of Karnali Province.

“A 58-year-old male from Jagadulla rural municipality-3 of Dolpa district had returned home on June 1 from hospital after receiving treatment for asthma. He suffered from breathing difficulty and died on June 3,” said the province ministry said in a press release today.

“After his death, his swab samples were collected and sent to Karnali Health Science Academy for COVID-19 test. His results came out positive on Friday,” the release reads.

The number of infections in Nepal has now reached 3235 after Devkota confirmed 323 new infections today. Of them, 3003 are males and 232 are females.

According to Devkota, of the total positive cases found today, 47 are from Dailekh, 39 are from Kapilvastu, 38 are from Salyan, 35 are from Mahottari, 28 are from Bardiya, 27 are from Sarlahi, 12 are from Banke, 11 are from Kapilvastu, 10 each from Surkhet and Syangja, eight each from Dhanusha and Saptari, six each from Morang, Bajhang and Rautahat, five from Sunsari, four each from Kathmandu and Jarajkot, three each from Nawalparasi east, Kaski, Rupandehi and Kanchanpur (including two with permanent address of Kathmandu), two each from Nawalparasi west and Kailali (incuding one death), and one each from Baglung, Achham, Dadeldhura, Dolpa (including one death), Arghakhanchi and Bhaktapur.

The virus has now spread to 70 districts after Jararkot and Dolpa of Karnali province reported their first infections. The province has 589 cases in nine districts.

Province 2 and Province 5 are the worst-hit states with 1077 cases and 1061 cases respectively. 11 districts have been affected by the virus in Province 5.

Province 1 has 249 cases in 12 districts, Sudurpaschim has 106 cases in nine districts, Bagmati has 90 cases in 12 districts and Gandaki has 73 cases in nine districts.

KATHMANDU, June 2: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed 288 infections on Tuesday as Nepal’s total COVID-19 cases climbed to 2099. Of the infected persons, 1949 are males and 150 are females.

Spokesperson at the ministry, Bikas Devkota, during a regular press briefing shared that of the total cases confirmed today, 74 are from Rautahat, 27 are from Surkhet, 21 are from Sarlahi, 18 from Salyan, 17 each from Banke, Dang and Siraha, 16 from Kapilvastu, 10 each from Aacham, Kailali and Rupandehi, nine from Dailekh, eight from Kanchanpur, six from Dhanusha, five each from Syangja and Parbat, four from Kathmandu, three from Bardiya, two each from Mahottari and Nuwakot and one each from Saptari, Bara, Pyuthan, Bhaktapur, Dhading, Nawalparasi east and Nawalparasi west.

The virus has now spread to 61 districts after Parbat (Gandaki Province) and Pyuthan (Province 5) became the latest districts to report the infection. With this, the virus has now affected seven districts and infected 37 people in Gandaki. Likewise, in Province 5, 699 people have been infected across 11 districts.

Province 2 is the worst-hit state with 816 cases. In Sudurpaschim as well, the virus has spread to all its nine districts infecting 73 people. Karnali has 252 cases in five districts, Province 1 has 168 cases in 168 districts and Bagmati has 54 cases in 12 districts.

This is the second day in a row, Nepal has reported over 200 cases and record spike in the number of infections. On Monday, the ministry had confirmed 239 cases.

The number of cases in the country has now doubled from 1000 to 2099 in just five days. On May 28, a total of 1042 cases were confirmed and more than 86,000 were in quarantine.

According to Devkota, more than 145,000 people are in quarantine at present. Three weeks ago, only 102 cases were recorded and about 15,000 people were in quarantine.

KATHMANDU, June 1: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed 226 more infections on Monday as Nepal’s total COVID-19 climbed to 1798.

According to Spokesperson at the ministry, Bikas Devkota, 41 people from Dailekh, 40 from Kapilvastu, 38 from Sarlahi, 19 from Jumla, 18 from Rautahat, 14 from Kailali, 10 from Salyan, nine from Dang, seven each from Banke and Dhanusha, five each from Surkhet and Siraha, three from Nawalparasi East, two each from Jhapa and Mahottari and one each from Makwanpur, Udayapur, Baitadi, Doti, Aacham and Kanchanpur have tested positive at various laboratories. Of them, 213 are males and 13 are females.

This is the record single-day spike in Nepal’s cases after a slight fall on Sunday, when only 166 cases were confirmed. Earlier, 189 cases were confirmed on Saturday, 170 on Friday, 156 on Thursday, 183 on Wednesday and 114 on Tuesday.

Province 2 is the worst-hit state with 694 confirmed cases across all its eight districts, followed by Province 5 with 621 cases in 10 districts.

Doti became the latest district to report infection today as the virus has spread to all nine districts of Sudurpaschim province, with 45 infections. Karnali has 198 cases in five districts, Province 1 has 168 cases in nine districts, Bagmati has 46 cases in 12 districts and Gandaki has 26 cases in six districts.

Nepal has reported eight deaths so far.

KATHMANDU, May 31: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed two more deaths on Sunday as Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to eight. The number of infections in the country has spiked in the past few days, spreading to 57 districts and infecting more than 1500 people.

A two-year-old girl from Bajura and a 35-year-old male from Dullu municipality-7 of Dailekh district died of the virus on Saturday.

“The girl died while receiving treatment at Bajura Hospital at 2:30 am today morning,” said ministry Spokesperson Bikas Devota, during a regular press briefing.

“She has returned from India with her parents eight days ago and had stayed in quarantine. After she suffered from fever, breathing complications and diarrhea, she was admitted to the hospital on May 27.

Her swab sample was sent to Seti Provincial Hospital. He tested positive,” he said.

“The male died in the quarantine facility set up at the Nepal Electricity Authority in his district, he added.

The Social Development Ministry of Karnali Province had stated he died some moments after he suddenly fainted at around 7:00 am in the morning. His throat swab samples were sent to Karnali Health Science Academy in Jumla, where he had tested positive. Devkota confirmed the death.

FOUR MONTHS OLD INFECTED

Devkota also confirmed 166 more infections including a four-month-old baby from Surkhet as the coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 1567 today.

Of them, 29 are from Rautahat, 25 are from Salyan, 21 are from Dhanusha, 18 each from Kalikot and Dailekh (including one death), 12 from Saptari, 10 from Sarlahi, eight from Banke, five each from Parsa and Kapilvastu, four from Jhapa, three from Kailali, two each from Syangja and Bajura and one each from Tanahu, Bajura (including one death), Surkhet and Morang. 162 are males and 4 are females.

Tanahu of Gandaki Province, Salyan and Kalikot of Karnali Province and Bajura of Sudurpaschim became the latest districts to report infection today as the virus has now spread across 57 districts in the country.

Province 2 is the worst-hit state with 624 confirmed cases and one death, followed by Province 5 with 560 cases and three deaths. Province 1 has 165 cases, Karnali has 123 cases, Bagmati has 45 cases and two deaths, Gandaki has 23 cases and Sudurpaschim has 27 cases and two deaths (reported today).

KATHMANDU, May 29: India is open to engaging with Nepal on the basis of mutual sensitivity and mutual respect in an environment of trust and confidence to resolve the border issues, said Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday.

India’s statement comes amid the Nepal government’s preparation to amend the constitution to update the Nepal map in the national emblem as per the revised administrative map that incorporates Kapalani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura inside Nepali border.

A constitution amendment proposal has been registered in the parliament and the government awaits for Nepali Congress’s official decision to this regard to present the bill for discussion although the main opposition party has said it has full support to the amendment.

Nepal on May 18 released its new map incorporating the encroached territories—which India also claims as its own—in response to India’s move of opening a link road to Mansarovar via Lipulekh.

India had described the Nepal move as “unilateral act” and “artificial”.

“On the recent developments in the boundary issue, we continue to monitor the situation in Nepal We note that this matter is receiving a careful concentration in Nepal,” said Srivastava.

“This is a continuous process and it requires constructive and positive efforts.”

He also said India “attaches great importance to the deep-rooted historical, cultural and friendly relations with Nepal”.

“In recent years these relations have seen an upward trajectory which is visible from expansion and diversification of our bilateral cooperation. There is also increased Indian assistance for development and connectivity projects.

“We have had a timely implementation of several large-scale and critical projects. And even in these challenging times of Covid-19 pandemic, India has ensured unimpeded trade and supply of essentials including medicines to Nepal, besides providing assistance in terms of medical supplies and other facilitation,” he said.

DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO FIVE

KATHMANDU, May 28: Nepal reported record 156 infections in the past 24 hours on Thursday as the total coronavirus cases climbed to 1042.

This is the third consecutive day Nepal’s virus cases has hit record spike. Nepal has recorded 114 cases on Wednesday and 90 cases on Tuesday.

Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Bikas Devkota, during a regular press briefing, said that 29 people from Dhanusha, 25 people from Jhapa, 20 form Rautahat, 17 from Mahottari, 14 from Saptari, 13 from Surkhet, eight from Dailekh, seven from Sarlahi, six from Siraha, three each from Syangja and Bardiya, two each from Dolakha, Jhapa and Kailali and one each from Darchula, Nawalpur, Solukhumbhu, Bajhang, Makwanpur and Banke have tested positive for the virus during the tests conducted at various laboratories.

Two males (aged 32, 47) from Saptari have tested positive at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan; 25 males (aged 16-42) from Jhapa have tested positive at Koshi Hospital; and a 19-year-old male from Nawalpur district have tested positive at Bharatpur Hospital, according to Devkota.

Likewise, 77 have tested positive at the National Public Health Laboratory. Of them, 29 people (that include a 4-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, two females and 25 males (aged 14-70) are from Dhanusha district; 16 males (aged 15-45) and a 45-year-old female are from Mahottari district; three males (aged 12-30) are from Rautahat district; 12 males (aged 18-42) are from Saptari district; seven males (aged 17-31) are from Sarlahi district; six males (aged 14-40) are from Siraha district; two males (aged 19,20) are from Dolakha district; and a 26-year-old male is from Solukhumbhu district, he shared.

Similarly, at Surkhet Provincial lab, 23 have tested positive for the virus. A-55-year-old male from Bajhang; 13 people from Surkhet (that include two under five girls, four females (aged 22-39) and seven males aged (11-37); and a 20-year-old female and seven males (aged 17-40) from Dailekh have tested positive in Surkhet lab, Devkota informed.

Likewise, two males (aged 22, 26) and a 39-year-old female from Syangja have tested positive at the Gandaki Provincial Hospital; a -25-year-old male from Darchula, two males (aged 25, 30) from Kailali have tested positive at Seti Hospital; a 50-year-old male from Makwanpur have tested positive at Viral Disease Research and Training Center in Hetauda; three males (aged 29-34) and a 28-year-old male from Banke have tested positive at Bheri Hospital; and 17 males (aged 8-40) from Rautahat have tested positive at Dhulikhel Hospital.

-51 DISTRICTS AFFECTED-

Solukhumbhu, Dolakha, Bajhanga and Darchula became the latest districts to report the infections, as the virus has now spread across 51 districts.

Province 2 is the worst-hit state with 415 cases. The virus has affected all its eight districts. Province 5 is the second-worst state with 369 cases in nine districts.

In Province 1, the virus has now spread to eight districts after Solukhumbhu recorded its first infection. The state has reported 129 cases.

Dolakha also recorded its first infection today as the total districts to be affected by the virus in Bagmati has reached 12. The state has 44 cases so far.

In Sudurpaschim, which has now 21 cases in seven districts, Bajhang and Darchula became the latest districts to report infections.

Karnali has 47 cases in three districts and Gandaki has 17 infections in four districts.

A total of 187 patients have recovered so far. 144 are males and 43 are females.

-FIFTH FATALITY-

The ministry also confirmed the country’s fifth death today.

A 56-year-old male COVID-19 patient from Lalitpur Metropolitan-22 had passed away on Wednesday.

“He was admitted to the ICU ward at the Gwarkho-based hospital on May 24. He was also suffering from liver disease,” said Devkota.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Nepal recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Tuesday with 90 new infections as Nepal’s COVID-19 cases jumped to 772.

According to the Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Bikas Devkota, 35 people have tested positive during tests conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory in Teku.

“Two males (aged 30, 35) from Manohara rural municipality-10 of Mohattari district; two males (aged 35, 36) from Jumla who are currently residing in Bara; three males aged (19, 30, 35) from Pachauta municipality of Bara; 21 males and one female from Rautahat (seven males and one female (aged between 4 and 40) from Guar municipality, six males (aged between 18-41) from Debahi Gunahi and Dharhahi Gunahi municipality, six males (aged between 26-48) from Karuniya rural municipality, one male (aged 22) from Rajdevi municipality, one male (aged 24) from Garuda municipality); one male (aged 18) from Navarajpur municipality and four males (aged between 25-29) from Bhagwanpur municipality of Siraha district; one male (aged 22) from   Belamukhiyapatti rural municipality of Dhanusha have tested positive, Devkota shared.

Likewise, one male has tested positive at a laboratory in Bheri Hospital.

“He is a 22-year-old male from Nepalgunj,” he said.

Similarly, seven have tested positive at the Rupendahi Provincial Hospital.

“Two males (aged 22, 50) from Mayadevi rural municipality-7 of Kapilvastu, two males (aged 19, 43) from Arghakhanchi, two males from Dhurkot of Gulmi and a 22-year-old male from Rupendahi have tested positive,” Devkota said.

Likewise, two have tested positive at the Seti Hospital.

“They are from Kailali and Aacham,” he said adding, “two males (aged 20, 29) from Waling of Syangja have also tested positive in Pokhara laboratory.”

Also, 12 people from Surkhet have tested positive at the Surkhet Provincial Hospital.
“They are seven males and one female (aged 9-46) from Birendranagar, two males (aged 16, 17) from Bheri Ganga municipality, two males (aged 35, 49) from Simta rural municipality of Surkhet,” Devkota shared.

Likewise, seven males (aged between 20 and 46) from Dudhuwa and Rapti Sonari and Baijanath of Banke; and 23 males aged between 19 and 55) and a 2-year-old girl from Yasodhara rural municipality of Kapilvastu have tested positive for the virus, he added.

-VIRUS HAS SPREAD ACROSS 46 DISTRICTS-  

The virus has now spread to 46 districts with Province 5 the hotspot with 331 infections in eight districts. Arghakhanchi is the latest district the in province to report the infection today.

Province 2 is the second worst-hit state with 268 cases across its all eight districts, followed by Province 1 with 86 cases in seven districts. Bagmati has reported 38 cases in 11 districts and Sudurpaschim has 17 infections in five districts.

In Gandaki, Syangja became the latest district to report the virus today as the virus has now spread to four districts in province with a total of seven cases.

Jumla also reported its first infection today as the total case in Karnali reached 25. The virus has now spread to three districts in the province.

A total of 155 have recovered so far. Of them 124 are males and 31 are females.