A senior doctor of Karnali Provincial Hospital died due to Covid-19 related complications on Thursday.

Two-fifths of the bureaucracy positions remain vacant and with the Federal Civil Servant Act still not in place, the province cannot start appointing civil servants on its own.

Under the programme, settlements at high risk of floods and landslides were to be moved to safer locations.

Maize planted in around 3,500 ropanis of land was destroyed in locust attacks in June and July but authorities are yet to come forward to help farmers survive the ordeal.

A large number of people in public roles have exposed themselves to the risk of Covid-19 while managing quarantine facilities, distributing relief, and attending public gatherings.

A bill registered in the provincial assembly secretariat proposes facilities for elected representatives under 13 different headings.

In Karnali, around 1,600 swab samples are yet to be tested, authorities say.

The doctors said in a statement on Thursday that they decided to protest after the provincial government didn’t give them the extra money.

The risk of community transmission is increasing due to the lack of contact tracing and delay in PCR tests, doctors say.

Woman gives birth in quarantine, but locals reject her husband’s money saying it might transmit coronavirus.

Calls to ease the lockdown are getting louder by the day, but Karnali Province government is waiting for the federal government to take the decision.

Of the 198 Covid patients in Karnali, 65 are still at quarantine facilities.

Two people returning from Gujarat in India died in Surkhet and Dhanusa for want of medical attention, and hunger.

A 35-year-old man from Dailekh was reported as the first positive case on Monday.

The drive aims to conduct tests on around 10,000 people suspected of having Covid-19.