covid-19-in-kathmandu

Hotspots within Kathmandu’s Covid-19 hotbed

Kathmandu is a hotbed for Covid-19 with 60% of all active cases in the country. But there are hotspots within this hotbed.A map released...

As virus spreads, Kathmandu hospitals strain to cope

Looking at the daily statistics from the Ministry of Health, the figures are alarming. Nepal is nearing the 100,000 Covid-19 cases mark,...

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Coronavirus in Nepal’s corridors of power

After lying relatively dormant since January, SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in Nepal, with most of the cases now in Kathmandu Valley, affecting even close...

Covid-19 lessons for Kathmandu from the Tarai

In July, as the government eased the first lockdown, people streamed across the border from India into Nepal, spreading the coronavirus infection along cities...

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Nepal Police at the frontlines against coronavirus

A total of 620 police across the country have been infected with Covid-19, two Deputy Inspector General working in the Nepal Police...

COVID-19 spreads closer to Nepal’s ruling circle

Given how unconcerned rulers in Kathmandu have historically been to the plight of underserved Nepalis in the rest of the country, it...

The barber and the virus in Kathmandu

It was 11am on Monday morning in a quiet residential side street in Patan. Suddenly there was commotion as an ambulance and...

COVID-19 mutes Krishna festival in Kathmandu

Photos: Bikram Rai and Monika Deupala...

Nepal’s virus vortex

Five months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in Kathmandu, and after many experts were puzzled about why the...

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