Nepal clamped its first Covid lockdown on 24 March 2020, and five years later many have forgotten what it was like
Nepal is a contributor to an important recovery trial that discovered treatment for coronavirus disease
Last year’s dengue virus is in mosquito larvae, ready to spread when the rains come
Experts urge caution for at risk groups, but no panic
Health workers transporting Covid-19 vaccines in rural Nepal. Photo: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/ADB NEPALIt was exactly three years ago that the novel…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEA new surge in Covid cases in Nepal has served as a reminder that the pandemic is not over yet, and on…
BRIDGING THE HEALTH GAP: Community health worker Birma Devi Kunwar, 32, crosses a bridge in Darchula with a Covid-19 vaccine box on her back.…
One month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the fallout of the war on global fuel prices threatens to derail Nepal’s aviation and tourism…
Tuberculosis kills many more Nepalis than Covid-19, but prevention, early diagnosis and treatment will save lives
While many countries lift mask mandates and coronavirus restrictions, Hong Kong and China are reeling from an Omicrons surge. Britain, the US…
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVETravellers to Nepal now do not need to present previously mandatory PCR-RT test results to be granted entry into the…
Imja Glacier has turned into a lake 3km long and 1km wide in the last 30 years due to global warming. Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe double-barrel crisis…
Photo: SONIA AWALEThe spread of telemedicine is one of the most remarkable spillover effects of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, and could also…
When Nepal’s trekking income dropped due to the pandemic, hungry dogs behaved like the wolves they evolved from
The coronavirus disease is one of the most well-documented health crises of recent times, with its correlation to almost every sector in society…
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESWhen the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in…
Frontline workers waiting for their booster dose at a hospital in Kathmandu last week. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs elsewhere in the world, the…
After hemming and hawing about holding local elections, top leaders of the five-party alliance that met on Tuesday finally made some headway.…
Photo: UNICEF NEPALFor the first time in four months, Nepal recorded over 1,000 daily new Covid cases on Sunday. Of the 12,632 people tested…
Rohit is from Bihar and drives an auto rickshaw in Mumbai. Life has been a struggle ever since he lost his parents in a car crash. Like many…
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFollowing initial lab reports that AstraZeneca and VeroCell boosters afford lower or no protection against the new Omicron…
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus variant Omicron across the globe has cast serious doubts about the efficacy of different Covid-19…
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
