Around 40 children suffering from high fever, common cold, cough and pneumonia are visiting the emergency unit of Mahakali Provincial Hospital on a daily basis, health workers say.

The national census of tigers conducted in 2018 had put the number of adult big cats in Shuklaphanta at 16.

Around 375 people have received AstraZeneca vaccine at the border point as of Tuesday, health officials say.

More than a thousand people have been displaced and several have gone missing with a few reported deaths.

Patients have to be referred to other districts, as all intensive care unit beds at Mahakali Provincial Hospital are occupied, officials say.

Locals accuse health workers deployed at vaccination sites, people’s representatives and municipal employees of stealing vaccines for family, friends.

Thirteen-year-old Nirmala Pant was raped and subsequently murdered three years ago in Kanchanpur. Police are nowhere close to identifying and punishing the perpetrators.

Most roads through the national park have turned muddy and unmotorable, obstructing the movement of conservationists, workers and security personnel inside the protected area.

Increase in public movement has led to a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Kanchanpur, health workers say.

Conservationists blame exploitation of forest and riverbed materials in the Chure region for the incidents of floods and landslides occurring frequently in recent years.

Floods have displaced more than 35 families in the district and damaged a 100-metre road section and an under-construction bridge.

Health workers say the prohibitory orders put in place on April 29 have been effective in curbing the spread of the virus but advise caution while easing restrictions.

Officials at Agriculture Inputs Company say that sales resumed last week but stocks would not last long at any depot or cooperative due to panic buying.

Hospitals in Lumbini and Sudurpaschim yet to set up a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for the treatment of Covid-19-infected children.

Arrival of doctors in village health posts comes as a boon for people during the time of pandemic.