Nepal is a contributor to an important recovery trial that discovered treatment for coronavirus disease
Frontline workers waiting for their booster dose at a hospital in Kathmandu last week. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs elsewhere in the world, the…
Crowd of people lining up for Covid vaccination outside Teku Hospital on Tuesday. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIDuring the devastating second wave last…
Security personnel and relatives of the deceased attend a mourning at the premise of infectious disease hospital in Pokhara. Photos: BARSHA…
The fact that Omicron was detected in an individual who had arrived in Nepal five days before the new variant was first identified in Botswana…
After nearly two years of nearly zero tourist arrivals and revenue, Nepal looks set to welcome international tourists again after the government…
Scientists can invent vaccines, but political scientists cannot find answers to vaccine denial
Two years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal thoughts. During the long…
The pandemic makes Nepalis poorer and ruins the economy, but the government has no solutions
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
The situation at Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadi is much like the rest of the country. It is at breaking point with the lack of beds and…
It was in his passing on Tuesday after a two-week battle against Covid-19, that Ujwal Thapa got the kind of public recognition that would have…
The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed the lives of 3.5 million people, worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), although…
On 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and Pujya Shree Karki…
Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators and liquid oxygen. Most…
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
On Sunday, Nepal reported 7,368 new cases with a slight decline in test positivity rate, which at 37% with 19,883 tests is still much higher…
While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries. This…
In early April, the coronavirus cases were at an all-time low and we were reporting from Janakpur, and the surrounding border region for two…
Climbers with bottled oxygen on the last stretch of the summit ridge of Mt Everest. Photo: Damien Francois / Nepali Times Archive“It is…
Kathmandu’s main infectious diseases hospital in Teku is full, and pateints are being cared for in open verandahs and parking lots. Photos: AMIT…
Nepal’s second wave is continuing to spread like wildfire across the country, with devastating consequences. Entire families are getting…
Nepal is very close to hitting that ominous mark of 10K new cases a day with 9,196 positive RT PCR and RDT tests on Friday, bringing the total…
As a Backside columnist, it falls upon this scribe’s lap to urge readers to look at the bright side, stay bullish, be a beacon of hope, and…
