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Kathmandu: The COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over in Asia and a large scale community transmission seems to be in store according to the World Health Organization (WHO) sources Tuesday. WHO warned the countries in the Asia-Pacific-region to make all preparations against large-scale transmission of the deadly virus and not…

Kathmandu: Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) has urged all the travel agencies to provide the information regarding those passengers arriving in Nepal along with COVID-19-infection. In a press statement issued Monday, NATTA President Achuyt Guragain appealed to the travel agencies to provide information about the passengers arriving…

Kathmandu: Over 1,330 foreign tourists and Nepali tourist guides left stranded at several destinations due to a weeklong nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus have been rescued. As per the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) sources, such a number of tourists were rescued from different 19 touristic destinations including Pokhara, Lukla, Taplejung,…

Kathmandu: The nationwide weekly lockdown period imposed to contain COVID-19 which is about to expire on the upcoming Tuesday is extended for another week until April 5 according to government sources. A high-level meeting of coordination committee on the prevention and containment of COVID-19  on Sunday recommended to the Nepal…

Kathmandu: Chinese government through the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu on Sunday handed over essential medical aid to Nepal to battle against COVID-19. The  Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi gave away the medical aid to Nepal during a program held in Kathmandu. Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal…

The government Sunday decided to extend its suspension of all international flights until April 15 in as a drastic move to combat coronavirus. Government’s High-Level Coordination Committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel took the decision to continue the ban on international flights. It may be recalled that the…

CB Adhikari Kathmandu: All those 913 stranded foreign tourists rescued by the government from various tourist destinations have been flown back to their respective countries. The tourists from France and Germany were stranded after a weeklong nationwide lockdown was enforced by the government in the country to contain the spread…

Kathmandu: A Nepal Airlines aircraft carrying medical essential supplies to Nepalgunj has met with a mishap at Nepalgunj airport on Saturday. Nepalgunj airport authorities said that the mishap took place when the aircraft was landing at the airport it suddenly skidded off to a nearby grassland area. The three crew…

Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines aircraft has flown to the Chinese town of Guangzhou on Saturday afternoon to fetch the essential medical equipment required to contain the Coronavirus pandemic in Nepal. Government authorities said that the Nepal Airlines aircraft is being flown to China as per the directions of the Ministry of…

Kathmandu: The entire world seems to be falling into the snares of deadly global Coronavirus as its most vulnerable prey with the highest death toll in Italy outnumbering 9,134 which is far more than the death toll estimated in China where COVID-19 broke out in December 2019. Itlay has also…