By Dilanthi jayammanne in Ceylon Today, April 5, 2023The former Head of State’s involvement in Covid control made it difficult for those engaged in it to function to their fullest capacity, Secretary to the State Ministry of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva said. Addressing a workshop on ‘The response of Sri Lanka’s health system to the Covid-19 pandemic,’ Dr. de Silva said yesterday (4) that the advice…
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by Arjun Poudel in Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023Amid a rise in new cases of the coronavirus, concerns have grown about hundreds of thousands of children above five years old who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid. Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population estimated that there could be around one million children above five years old who have not received even a single dose of the vaccine. “Hundreds of thousands of children…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 3, 2023Customs officials at the Tribhuvan International Airport confiscated drugs worth Rs1.8 million last week. The drugs, which are used in the treatment of severe Covid infection, were brought from India to smuggle to China, officials said. “We have been investigating the rising trend of smuggling drugs worth hundreds of thousands of rupees,” said Santosh KC, spokesperson for the Department of Drug Administration (DDA). “We will destroy…
But Tatopani border is unlikely to open anytime soon.by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 23, 2022China has decided to resume two-way cargo movement from Rasuwagadhi-Kerung-Jilong port, which was almost shut since the start of the Covid pandemic in early 2020, possibly before the end of the first week of 2023. But the decision is yet to be communicated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. Speaking at an…