COVID-19 treatment

South Korea will prohibit private social gatherings of five or more people nationwide and force restaurants to close at 9 pm.

The government for now will not allow the use of ‘Coronil’, an ayurvedic drug claimed to be of use in COVID-19 treatment.

The Finance Ministry has released additional resources for establishment of paediatric ICU and management of ICU ventilators for COVID treatment.

Remdesivir, the medicine used for treatment of COVID-19 infection, will be manufactured in Nepal.

The local units in Nuwakot and Nawalpur district have set up isolation facilities to treat the suspected and infected ones from COVID-19 as the number of COVID cases went up in these places.

Ministry of Health and Population has announced to take action against private hospitals if they charge high fees for the treatment of COVID-19 patients

Former queen Komal Shah has been shifted to intensive care unit (ICU) at Norvic International Hospital, Thapathali in Kathmandu.