3rd Covid wave infects Nepal’s frontliners
During the devastating second wave last year, hundreds of people were dying every day. Hospitals had run out of ICU beds and oxygen...
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Boosting booster jabs against Omicron
For the first time in four months, Nepal recorded over 1,000 daily new Covid cases on Sunday. Of the 12,632 people tested nationwide, 9% were positive – proving that Omicron has replaced Delta as...
From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal
Till a few months ago, Nepal was struggling with a critical shortage of vaccine doses, and the situation was so dire that the...
Diary of a Covid frontline worker in Nepal
A 79-year-old woman lay on the emergency bed, diagnosed with pneumonia due to Covid-19. Even as she was gasping for breath she...
To vax or not to vax
In Nepal or the US, having an option to vaccinate or not is a matter of privilege
Pfizer vaccines arrive in Nepal
The first 100,620 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine under the global COVAX initiative arrived in Kathmandu on Monday, even as the country’s rate...
The jabs and jabnots
A post-graduate student of mechanical engineering Samita Rimal is completing her 14-day quarantine in a hotel in Montreal. Despite being fully vaccinated...
QR coded vaccine certificates in queue
Digital vaccine certificates were supposed to help control the pandemic if properly implemented with the vaccination drive gaining pace. But the government’s designated website...
Giving all Nepalis a shot at the Covid vaccine
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
Covid-19 and Human Freedom
The upsurge of Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths in the United States serves as a bitter reminder that the pandemic is not...
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