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A child died after being hit by a school bus in Jhapa on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as two-and-half-year old Chindal Subedi, daughter of Pawal Subedi of Kamal Rural Municipality-2, the District Police Office, Jhapa said. Police said that the bus (Me 1 Ka 407) belonging to the Nawadaya Secondary School hit her at Bhutlung in Kamal-2 at around 4 pm yesterday. Critically injured in the incident, Subedi breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Medimax Hospital in Gauradaha. Police said that they have impounded the bus and arrested its driver Durga Bahadur Kunwar (39) for investigation.  

Residents of Manang district have headed toward highlands to collect yarsagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinesis) with the beginning of the yarsa picking season. Generally, the yarsa picking season begins from May and it will continue till the third week of June. Local people have set out for Namke Kharka, Khangsarkharka and Narphukharka in the Upper Manang to collect the valuable medicinal herbs. Their main income sources are agriculture and medicinal herbs. "We are heading to highlands to collect yarsa as this season is favorable for the same," said Jag Bahadur Gurung of Chame Rural Municipality-4. They have obtained permission to pick yarsa from the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAAP) unit office Manang. Herbs collection is considered as one of the major sources of income of Manang folks.  People from outside the district also arrive there to collect yarsa. Chief District Officer Suprabha Khanal Dhungel said necessary arrangements are in place for the security of yarsa collectors. The collection has begun from the Namke alpine and it is permitted in Narfu and Khangsar of Upper Manang. The possession of COVID-19 vaccination card is compulsory for the yarsa and other herbs collectors and suppliers from outside the district.

Nepal reported 136 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 019 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 92 returned positive. Likewise, 572 people underwent antigen tests, of which 44 tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours and 64 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 390 active cases in the country.

Six persons, who had returned to Nepal from neighboring India and third world countries, were found infected with malaria. District Health Office, Jhapa Chief Ramesh Barakoti said that two persons each from Mechinagar Municipality and Kachankawal Rural Municipality and one each from Buddhashanti Rural Municipality and Damak Municipality of Jhapa district were found infected with malaria. A 30-year-old man of Jaypur, Buddhshanti-2, who had returned from Uganda a few days ago, was diagnosed with malaria. He was found infected with malaria while carrying out a test at the Birtacity Hospital in Birtamod on April 20. He had left Nepal for Uganda on February 13, 2022 and returned home on April 5, 2023. Barakoti said that five persons, who had returned from Sudan, New Delhi, Telibhitta Bihar, Kisangunj Bihar and Mumbai, were also found infected with malaria. They are the residents of Mechinagar, Kachankawan and Damak. According to the World Health Organization, Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Infected female Anopheles called ‘malaria vectors’ carry these deadly parasites.