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No COVID-19 deaths were reported in China on Tuesday (Apr 7), the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January, the National Health Commission said.Cases in mainland China have been dwindling since March, but the country faces a second wave of infections brought in from overseas.It reported 32 new cases on Monday,…

The government has decided to keep a total of 1,939 ambulances on standby for contingency that may occur in course of prevention and control of COVID-19 in the country.The meeting of the High Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 formed under the convenorship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for…

Three new persons have tested positive for the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Nepal, confirms Ministry of Health and Population.Among the three are a 21-year-old male of Kailali who returned from Mumbai in India, 41-year-old male of Kanchanpur who returned from Uttarakhand in India, and a 34-year-old female from Kailali who is known be…

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine believe that they’ve found a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus.The researchers announced their findings Thursday and believe the vaccine could be rolled out quickly enough to “significantly impact the spread of disease,” according to their study published in EBioMedicine.…

More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic.Nearly 53,000 people have died and more than 210,000 have recovered, according to the US university's figures.The US has the most…

Nepal on Thursday reported the sixth Covid-19 case.According to the Health Ministry, the sixth Covid-19 patient is a 65-year-old woman who flew to Nepal on March 17 from Doha on Qatar Airways flight QR652.The woman had flown to Doha from Belgium with a 19-year-old woman, who had earlier tested positive for Covid-19. The two women flew…

Scientists in Australia have begun testing two potential coronavirus vaccines in "milestone" lab trials. The vaccines, made by Oxford University and US company Inovio Pharmaceutical, have been cleared for animal testing by the World Health Organization.Australia's national science agency will assess if the vaccines work, and if they would be…

Russia sent the United States medical equipment on Wednesday to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, a public relations coup for Russian President Vladimir Putin after he discussed the crisis with U.S. President Donald Trump.Trump, struggling to fill shortages of ventilators and personal protective equipment, accepted Putin's offer in a…

Ramesh Bista decided he would rather drown than die of hunger in India. The 29-year-old Nepali man managed to swim across the Mahakali river, which acts as a natural border between the two countries."You can take me anywhere from here. Hundreds like me are stranded on the other side, sleeping like animals on the ground. This country needs…

Hundreds of stranded Americans left Nepal on a repatriation flight Tuesday, days after a complete lockdown was imposed in the Himalayan nation to help fight the coronavirus.A Qatar Airways flight arranged by the U.S. government flew 302 Americans from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport to Washington, D.C. The elderly, families with…