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Nepal

Focused COVID-19 Media Monitoring, Nepal (August 22, 2022)

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Emerging Theme(s):

  • The number of COVID-19 related deaths around the world has decreased by almost 6%.

  • Country's first 'Human Milk Bank' has been inaugurated on Friday.

  • Second phase of vaccination among children above 5 years to below 12 years of age has started from Sunday.

Recurring Theme(s):

  • COVID-19 cases in Nepal are increasing with 286 new cases. There are 4,348 active cases at present and 479 have recovered in last 24 hours.

  • 16 COVID-19 infections have been reported in the district prison of Baitadi, 4 cases were confirmed on Wednesday and 12 on Thursday.

  • Oxygenator, that is essential during cardiac surgery, has not yet arrived at the Shaheed Gangalal National Heart Center.

  • 579 Dengue infection have been confirmed within Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur districts in last one and a half months.