These are some of the best stories from The Kathmandu Post (February 17, 2020). A team of medics inspects the health condition of Nepalis upon their arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,600 people Post Photo: Angad Dhakal
These are some of the best stories from The Kathmandu Post (February 17, 2020).
Nepal officially proposes a review of the 1947 tripartite agreement with Britain on Gurkha soldiers
Nepal has officially proposed a review of the 1947 agreement between Nepal, India and Britain over the recruitment and deployment of Gurkha soldiers and their perks and facilities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 12 sent a letter to London, seeking a review of the tripartite agreement.
An irrational fear of the Chinese is causing tourists from other countries to stay away, hoteliers say
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak is giving rise to an irrational fear of the Chinese, even affecting Nepal’s tourism industry. If hotels and resorts host Chinese tourists, they are less likely to get guests from the rest of the world, say tourism entrepreneurs.
“There is fear everywhere. If we host Chinese tourists, others won’t come,” said Suman Ghimire, proprietor of the Jungle Safari Lodge in Sauraha.
Nepal usually receives more than 16,000 Chinese visitors in February, but that number has plunged by over 90 percent this year, said tourism entrepreneurs. Now, a fear of the few Chinese who visit is causing other tourists to stay away.
Police have ruled the death of Muna Karki, the wife of former government secretary Arjun Karki, and their domestic help Bijaya Chaudhary as a murder-suicide.
Five days after the incident, police said circumstantial evidence, as well as the preliminary investigation, show that Chaudhary killed Muna before committing suicide by hanging.
Nasal, throat swabs collected from Nepalis evacuated from China’s Wuhan; tests to be conducted today
Lab technicians from the National Public Health Laboratory on Sunday collected specimens—nasal and throat swab— from all 175 Nepalis who were evacuated from Hubei Province of China.
The 175 Nepalis had landed in Kathmandu on early Sunday morning in a Nepal Airlines plane that had flown to Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed at least 1,665 people across the globe, a vast majority in China, and infected 68,000 since it was first detected in December last year.
"We will carry out tests on the specimens on Monday," Dr Runa Jha, director at the laboratory, told the Post."Tests were not possible today, as it took several hours to collect the specimens."
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