health-workers

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...

Sonia Awale

Donated ventilators gather dust in Nepal

When the second wave of the Delta variant ravaged Nepal in April-May this year, hospitals ran out of oxygen and ICU beds. The international community...

Once Nepal gets vaccines, they need to be fairly distributed

Global inequities in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine have revealed themselves during the past six months. Based on the most up-to-date...

Protecting those who protect us from Covid

On 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and Pujya Shree Karki...

Sonia Awale

Protecting those who protect us from Covid

On 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and Pujya Shree Karki...

Nepal braces for new wave with vaccine drive

Even as Nepal completes the first phase of its Covid vaccine drive to inoculate frontline health workers and other high-risk groups, new hyper-spreading variants...

Sonia Awale

Why is there vaccine hesitancy in Nepal?

Nepal was one of the first countries in the region to start a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive two weeks ago, but less than...

Sonia Awale

Nepalis overseas get first vaccinations

Long before Nepalis in Nepal will be vaccinated against the coronavirus, Nepali frontline workers around the world are already receiving their first jabs.The most...

Upasana Khadka

Nepalis overseas get first vaccinations

Long before Nepalis in Nepal will be vaccinated against the coronavirus, Nepali frontline workers around the world are already receiving their first jabs.The most...

“We better take this virus seriously”

I am a Captain with Nepal Airlines, and had been feeling unusually fatigued in the cockpit during recent trips. After a repatriation flight from...