A health camp is being conducted in the rural municipality for a week to examine the locals for vision-related ailments.

The province’s four labs have the capacity to test over 4,000 swab samples a day. But only 1,000 samples are being collected.

The 19-year-old, who was arrested on September 7 on charge of stealing a mobile phone, had died in police custody on Friday morning.

Most government hospitals in the province are reeling under a shortage of medical equipment and proper infrastructure.

More than 80 percent of eye patients will regain their sight if authorities conduct an eye camp, say health workers.

Out of 21,069 freed Haliya families in 12 districts of Nepal, only 16,000 have been listed in government data.

Smugglers, in collusion with forest officials and local political leaders, have been smuggling timber from the Aalital area for a long time, locals say.

The number of infections in the city has increased since May 21, as more returnees from India came back to the city from the Gauriphanta border point.

So far, the search team comprising security personnel and locals have recovered eight bodies.

More than 550 families displaced by flood in July have moved to a community forest area from the Postal Highway.

The depot of the Food Management and Trading Company in Martadi, the district headquarters, is low on stock of rice grains.

Achham district hit hardest after floodwaters entered settlements killing six people and sweeping away 11 others whose status remain unknown.

In another landslide in Bajhang, two people have gone missing while four others were injured.

The ban has led to a shortage of timber in Sudurpaschim Province while consumers are forced to pay exorbitant prices.

Health workers in the district are concerned about the possible community transmission of the disease, as home quarantining has proved to be ineffective.

Around 20,000 Nepalis working in India returned to the district within the first three months of the nationwide lockdown.

The disease has been reported in the district for the first time, say health workers.

The disaster has added to the distress of Bhajani residents who were already reeling under the devastation caused by July’s floodings.

One person has gone missing in the flood in Badimalika Municipality on Sunday night.

Lack of coordination among government agencies and poor policy to blame for the spike in coronavirus cases, health officials say.