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Rajbiraj, May 30 Considering the increasing number of coronavirus patients in the province, Province 2 government has decided to set-up a laboratory for conducting tests for COVID-19 in Saptari headquarters Rajbiraj. Rajbiraj-based Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital is all set to begin the coronavirus tests. After providing a PCR machine to the hospital, the provincial government also provided Rs five million rupees for the manpower required to conduct lab-tests. Handing over a cheque bearing Rs five million rupees to the hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr Chumanlal Das today, Province 2 Social Development Minister Nawal Kishor Sah asked health workers present at the…

KATHMANDU: The Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of a person who had died in quarantine earlier today, has confirmed that the person was detected with coronavirus infection. With this recent addition, the death toll in the country has now advanced to seven, six of whom have been diagonsed with the infection only post death. A 35-year-old male was reported to have died in Dullu quarantine facility in Dailekh district. The Ministry of Health and Population(MoHP), in its regular media briefing on COVID-19 response had stated that the swab samples of the deceased had been sent for testing, adding that whether…

DHARAN: Lack of proper coordination between provincial government and health facility compelled COVID-19 patients to stay inside a vehicle through the night. As many as 27 patients from Jhapa who were detected with the coronavirus infection had to spend the night in a vehicle on the premises of Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), owing to miscommunication between the hospital administration and Ministry of Social Development in Province 1. The patients had been transported to BPKIHS at 10:00 pm on Friday. However, the individuals were admitted in the isolation ward of the hospital for treatment after 11 hours…

KATHMANDU: Major opposition party in the parliament, Nepali Congress has officially decided to vote in favour of Constitution amendment. A meeting of the Central Working Committee of the party held at the party headquarters in Sanepa took a decision to this effect. संस्थागत निर्णय ; कांग्रेसको ऎतिहासिक परम्परा ! * ७ सालको क्रान्ति ; केन्द्रीय समितिबाट l* समाजवादको नीति ; ०१२ को महाधिवेशनबाट l* ०४६ को जनान्दोलन ; ०४६ माघ ५-७ को चाक्सिवारि सम्मेलनबाट l* गणतन्त्र ; महासमिति बैठकबाट l* नक्सा बारे संशोधन प्रस्ताव ; केन्द्रीय समितिबाट l — Bishwa Prakash शर्मा (@bishwaprakash77) May 30, 2020 The NC had recently…

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates from across the country on government’s response to COVID-19 crisis. A screenshot of the COVID-19 media briefing by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), on Saturday, May 30, 2020. As of today, 66,729 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method and 107,055 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) have been carried out, where 2,575 PCR and 1,577 RDT tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 110,078 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country while 1,176 persons are…

LONDON: England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again because it is starting to lift its lockdown without a fully operational track and trace programme in place, three senior scientific advisers warned on Saturday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said England’s lockdown measures will be eased cautiously from Monday, aided by a track and trace system that launched on Thursday. The advisers warned, however, that the system was not yet in full operation and risked being overwhelmed by the around 8,000 new infections that are still occurring every day outside of hospitals and care homes. John Edmunds, from the…