Nepal is among countries with highest age-adjusted death rate from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Experts urge authorities concerned to launch an awareness drive to boost vaccine uptake.

Experts advise sufferers to communicate their problems with others, and call for awareness drives on mental health.

Nepal had pledged to reduce indigenous malaria cases to zero this year. But authorities have already reported one indigenous case and 20 imported ones so far this year.

Despite having famed health facilities, the province figures poorly in sanitation and vector-borne disease control.

Officials hope that vaccine coverage will be increased with the help of preachers, as people of certain religious groups trust them more than health workers.

Doctors say they have started correspondence with foreign experts for suggestions on the right facility for transplantation.

Experts say outbreak in Nepalgunj could be a proxy, suggesting inadequate vaccination.

First lot of 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 bivalent vaccine will arrive on February 3, officials say.

Low uptake of vaccines is the main reason. The World Health Organisation on Friday called on countries to take urgent measures against measles.

Nepal had planned to eliminate measles by 2019, but the deadline was later revised to 2023.

While health ministry says 62 died of dengue in 2022, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division officials put the toll at 88 people.

According to the Health Ministry, a person died of Covid-related complications on Saturday, taking the country-wide death toll to 12,020.

Around 500,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in stock are set to expire this month while thousands of children above 5 years are yet to be jabbed.

At least 350 cases of swine flu and 329 cases of Hong Kong flu were recorded in 2022.

Valley’s hospitals have reported an uptick in patients suffering from respiratory illnesses in the past one and a half months.

The Health Ministry projects a new surge in Covid cases from January-end.

Health Ministry expects a surge in coronavirus cases somewhere between January-end and second week of February.

Many people, pregnant women in particular, are dying due to the red tape in flying out from restricted areas.

Due to the delay in giving permission, supply of the vaccine by Covax could not start on time.