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KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. A screenshot of COVID-19 media briefing taken on Saturday, July 4, 2020. As of today, 246,297 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method and 310,300 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) have been carried out, wherein 4,050 PCR tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 33,125 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country while 9,042 people are in isolation. 232 new cases of the infection were reported today…

BAJURA: Four persons, who were missing in the landslide that occurred at 2:00 am on Saturday in Mallesi of Kedarsyun Rural Municipality in Bajhang district, have been found dead. Bodies of 40-year-old Rammati Jethara and her 12-year-old son Prayag Jethara were found buried in the debris of the landslide, said Ganesh Bohara, ward chair of Kedarsyun-8. Rammati’s 16-year-old daughter Asmita Jethara is still missing in the landslide. Also, 80-year-old Dale Jethara and 13-year-old Santu Jethara were found dead, said Bohara. However, Shanti Jethara (15) and Giri Jethara (22) have not been found yet. Nepal Police and Armed Police Force along…

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) co-chair KP Sharma Oli paid a visit to President Bidya Devi Bhandari at her official residence in Sheetal Niwas amid the ongoing political strain in the country, on Saturday. The meeting between the Prime Minister and the President lasted for more than an hour. However, the motive behind the meeting has not been disclosed. It has been learnt that later in the evening, ministers arrived at the Prime minister’s Baluwatar-based official residence, post PM’s meeting with President Bhandari. Meanwhile, suspicions loom around PM’s all-of-a-sudden call on the President. Recently, Prime Minister KP…

Kathmandu, July 4 Coronavirus has been detected in drainage water in two places of Kathmandu Valley. In samples collected from four places in the Valley, samples from two places came out positive for the virus. Report of a research conducted by Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal ‘Environmental Surveillance of COVID-19’ revealed that coronavirus was found in the drainage water. The research team, however, did not want to disclose the names of the places from where the samples were collected which tested positive. “The samples were collected from four places inside the Valley. This shows that there has been a community…

KATHMANDU: A clash has occurred between local farmers and police personnel in Khokana, Lalitpur district, today. The clash erupted as security personnel stopped farmers from ploughing fields. It has been reported that a few security personnel were injured in the clash. Police even fired several shells of tear gas to suppress the crowd of farmers who charged forward and pelted stones. Local farmers had jointly sprung up to plough the field; some of them had even brought tractors. Locals and members of various organisations in Kathmandu and Khokana have been protesting the road expansion drive in Kathmandu valley and other…

KHOTANG, JULY 3 A 10-bed holding centre has been established in Diktel, the district headquarters of Khotang, for returnees. According to Chief District Officer and District COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre coordinator Shaligram Sharma Poudel, Nepali Army personnel and Red Cross staff jointly established the holding centre at Pancha Secondary School in Diktel. The centre is meant to accommodate people, who come from outside the district and abroad, in a bid to prevent them from visiting their homes directly. The centre was handed over to the COVID-19 Prevention and Control District Coordination Committee, Khotang. “As returnees have to stay over in…