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The ruling Nepali Congress has decided to give full shape to its sister organizations till mid-August.

Making public the party’s decisions on Monday, spokesperson Prakash Saran Mahat said that the meeting has decided to give continuity to the coalition till the forthcoming parliamentary and provincial elections.

The party endorsed the report of Local Level Election Central Mobilization Committee presented by party Vice-President and Coordinator of the Local Level Election Central Mobilization Committee Purna Bahadur Khadka and the report of Local Level Election Central Publicity Committee presented by party spokesperson and Coordinator of the Local Level Election Central Publicity Committee Mahat in the Central Executive Committee meeting.

The party has also decided to form the Membership Management Central Committee. Party General Secretary Gagan Thapa will be the coordinator of the committee.

Similarly, the party has formed the Central Disciplinary Committee under the headship of central member Ananta Prasad Dhungana.

Likewise, the party has decided to form the Central Accounts Committee under the leadership of central member Shyam Kumar Ghimire.

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, BBC reported.

It says both patients died recently in hospital in the southern Ashanti region.

Their samples came back positive earlier this month and have now been verified by a laboratory in Senegal.

Health officials in the West African nation say 98 people are now under quarantine as suspected contact cases.

No treatment yet exists for Marburg – but doctors say drinking plenty of water and treating specific symptoms improves a patient’s chances of survival.

The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads between humans through the transmission of bodily fluids.

It is a severe, often fatal illness with symptoms including headache, fever, muscle pains, vomiting blood and bleeding, according to BBC.

Officials are warning people to keep away from caves and to thoroughly cook all meat products before consuming them.

In Africa, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda, the WHO says. The first ever Marburg outbreak was in Germany in 1967 where seven people died.

The virus killed more than 200 people in Angola in 2005, the deadliest outbreak on record according to the global health body, BBC reported.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 18. 03 points to close at 2,029.43 points on Monday.

Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 2. 83 points to close at 388. 76 points.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,142,402 unit shares of 211 companies were traded for Rs 1. 31 billion.

In today’s market, all sub-indices saw green except for Trading and Mutual Fund.

Meanwhile, Barun Hydropower Co. Limited was the top gainer today, with its price surging by 9. 98 percent. Sanima Large Cap Fund was the top loser as its price fell by 5. 90 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 89 trillion.

Nepal logged 457 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 341 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 386 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 310 people underwent antigen tests, of which 71 tested positive.

So far, 11, 953 people have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Nepal.

The Ministry said that 48 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 1, 776 active cases in the country, the Ministry said.

The Ministry said that 15 are in the intensive care unit while one is on a ventilator.

Additional Inspector General (AIG) Bishwa Raj Pokharel resigned on Monday after he lost a legal battle for the top post of Nepal Police.

He handed over this resignation letter to the Nepal Police headquarters this afternoon.

Earlier on May 2, Pokharel had filed a writ petition against the appointment of Inspector General of Nepal Police.

In the petition, he said that the government appointed Dhiraj Pratap Singh as the IG of Nepal Police flouting the seniority basis.

Pokharel went on leave after the government appointed Singh as the IG of Nepal Police.

Earlier on July 15, a joint bench of acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki and Justice Kumar Chudal quashed the petition filed by Pokharel, giving validation to the appointment of Singh.

Three dengue cases have been detected in Kavrepalanchok district after three years, according to health workers.

A 68-year-old man of Panauti Municipality-5 in the district infected with the virus is receiving treatment at Dhulikhel Hospital for the past two days, said Purushottam Timalsina, chief of health section at Panauti. His health condition is improving, he added.

Similarly, a man infected with the virus from Dhulikhel is under care, said the district health office, Dhulikhel. Two weeks ago, a dengue case in Panchkhal was also reported.

Following this, a joint team from the district health office and the municipal health office is today scheduled to reach the source of the infection, destroy mosquito eggs and larva under the ‘search and destroy campaign’, he said.

“We have taken the disease occurring very seriously. Efforts are on to control it,” said Dr Purushottam Sedhain, chief of the district health office.

Police have arrested an Indian in possession of pharmaceutical drugs from Nagdhunga.

A team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Division, Nagdhunga apprehended Bibek Kumar (18) of Bihar, India from a commuter bus (Ba 4 Kha 5144) heading towards Kathmandu from Gaushala, Mahottari during a regular security check.

Police said that they have confiscated 700 ampules of Diazepam, 700 ampules of Phenergan, 700 ampules of Nurofen and an Adhar Card from his possession.

Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.

The government has started administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to children between five and 11 years from today.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the children of 27 districts, who have taken the first dose of Pfizer vaccine from June 23, will be administered second dose till July 24.

The children of this age group should visit the nearby vaccination center carrying the vaccination card.

The vaccination campaign will be conducted in Jhapa, Ilam, Morang and Sunsari of Province 1, Saptari, Dhanusha, Parsa, Siraha and Mahottari of Madhes Province.

Similarly, the vaccine will be administered in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kavre, Chitwan, Sindhuli and Makwanpur of Bagmati Province and Kaski and Nawalparasi East of Gandaki Province.

Likewise, the campaign will also be conducted in Nawalparasi West, Rupandehi, Banke, Dang and Baridya of Lumbini Province, Surkhet of Karnali Province, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura of Sudurpaschim Province.

The government has planned to administer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to the children of the remaining 50 districts from July 21 to 27 and second dose from August 12 to 17.