The hospital had stopped admitting Covid-19 patients citing oxygen shortage in the last week.

At least four persons died in home isolation over the past few days, as they could not find hospitals that would take them in.

The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Banke has prompted the local administration to impose lockdown in Nepalgunj.

The Banke District Administration announced a five-day lockdown to contain the Covid-19 surge.

The sub-metropolitan city has also decided to close shops and businesses except those offering essential services from Sunday for one week.

More than 68 families have been displaced by the fire that spread throughout the settlement of thatched-roof houses.

Frustrated by the delays, locals have formed a struggle committee to press authorities to work faster.

Authorities have made PCR test reports mandatory for all air passengers on rescue flights but are unclear about who should bear the expense of the test.

Twenty-seven people in the district including nine employees of the Inland Revenue Office in Nepalgunj, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

Narainapur might have dodged the worst effects of Covid-19 but as the rainy season sets in, the fear of a flood haunts villagers.

Most refuse to stay in these facilities since snake sightings have increased with the rise in temperature.

Returnees to their villages in Narainapur face hunger, poverty and ostracisation in society.

All 59 infected were moved to the ward in the Nepalgunj-based Lions Hospital, which lacks resources to accommodate all, on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The ward only has 25 beds.

The local administration on Monday issued a prohibitory order in Nepalgunj with effect from Tuesday to control the possible spread of coronavirus.

Nepalis, including migrant workers from 26 districts arrived at the border crossing from various parts of India.