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Day: November 18, 2020

  • Chitra Bahadur KC returns home after recovery from Covid-19

    Chitra Bahadur KC returns home after recovery from Covid-19

    Kathmandu: Rastriya Janamorcha Chairman Chitra Bahadur KC has returned home after achieving recovery from Covid-19.

    The octogenarian leader, admitted to Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur on November 10 after suffering from pneumonia and coronavirus infection, got discharged from the hospital on Tuesday evening.

    Issuing a press release today, Chair KC thanked doctors and health workers involved in his treatment, as well as well-wishers.

    He also thanked the government for bearing all the expenses required for his treatment.

  • President issues ordinance to clear the decks for import of Covid-19 vaccines

    President issues ordinance to clear the decks for import of Covid-19 vaccines

    Kathmandu: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued an ordinance enabling the government to import vaccines against the coronavirus infection as soon as they are available in the international market.

    Bhandari issued an ordinance to amend the Drugs Act so as to clear the decks for the import of the vaccines.

    Just a few days ago, health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal had revealed that the government was issuing an ordinance to import the vaccines.

    The constitution has it that whenever the federal parliament is prorogued, the president can issue an ordinance in recommendation of the government to enact any law whenever necessary. Such an ordinance has to be endorsed by the parliament within six months.