Author: Himalaya Post

The lockdown in Damak municipality has been extended by a week, as Corona Virus infection continues to rise. An all-party meeting of the Corona Prevention and Control Coordination Committee on Saturday took this decision. Accordingly, the lockdown will remain in effect until August 29. The previous lockdown period that began on August 16 was supposed to end on Saturday. However, 16 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Saturday itself, giving ground to the decision, said deputy Mayor Geeta Adhikari. The total number of infections in Damak has reached 66 as of Saturday. Of them, 14 have recovered while the remaining are in hospital and home isolation, said officer at the health division of the municipality, Nagendra Bhattarai....

The Nepalis left stranded in Dubai airport after a chartered flight was cancelled will be brought home today. A wide body aircraft A-330 of Nepal Airlines left for Dubai this morning and is scheduled to return with the passengers at 4:15 in the afternoon.   The NAC aircraft with more than 260 passengers will arrive from Dubai to Kathmandu this afternoon, said NAC spokesperson Archana Khadka. The NAC’s scheduled flight on August 18 had been cancelled by the government citing lack of quarantine facility for the incoming passengers. As a result, the NAC aircraft returned to Kathmandu empty, leaving the passengers stranded in the airport. Following widespread criticism including by the affected passengers, the cabinet decided to allow a rescue flight to bring them home. The government has also decided to resume regular international flights starting September 1. However, only Nepali nationals, diplomatic staffers, UN staffers from the countries with easy PCR facility for Corona Virus testing will be allowed to come to Nepal in the flights.   Chartered flights will continue from other countries, as per the recommendation of the concerned diplomatic mission. According to Tribhuvan International Airport Manager Devendra KC, four flights are scheduled for today to bring Nepalis from different countries....

One more person has died of Corona Virus infection in Chitwan. A 65-year-old woman of Hetauda sub-metropolis, Makwanpur died during treatment at the Old medical college hospital in Bharatpur-10 on Saturday.   However, she was diagnosed with the deadly virus only after her death. The swab sample had been taken on August 17 but she died before the report arrived, said information officer at Bharatpur hospital Liladhar Poudel. She had been admitted to the hospital for treatment of liver-related ailment. Also on Saturday, another man who died while undergoing treatment at the same hospital was diagnosed with the Corona Virus infection.   The 75-year-old from Hetauda died on Thursday night but was known to be positive only on Saturday morning....