Death toll from landslides, flooding climbs to 24 in Brazil
The death toll from landslides and flooding set off by heavy rains in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state reached 24 on Monday as firefighters continued pulling bodies from the mud, Associated Press reported.
Brazil’s most populous state was blasted with rain over the weekend, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their homes. The death toll had stood at 19 late Sunday, according to a statement from the civil defense authority.
”(I’m looking for) my nephew, his wife and a 2-year-old child,” Cicero Pereira, 54, told The Associated Press beside a disaster site in the city of Franco da Rocha. “They said the bodies are still there under the mud, but until now they couldn’t recover them.”
Nelito Santos Bonfim, a 69-year-old resident, told AP he barely escaped with his life.
“When I started running, the debris fell all over me,” Bonfim said. “I got hurt, but found a hole and, thanks to God, I managed to escape. But my father is still there.”
A total 27 cities were affected, of which Franco da Rocha suffered the greatest loss of life. Gov. João Doria used a helicopter to survey damaged areas Sunday and announced the equivalent of $2.8 million in financial aid to affected cities.
2 killed in Tanahun bike-truck collision
Two persons died when a bike and a truck collided with each other at Bel Bhangyanj in Bandipur Rural Municipality of Tanahun district along the Prithvi Highway on Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Anil Bache Magar and Bikas BK of Byas Municipality-5, Tanahun, the District Police Office, Tanahun said. Both of them were riding on the bike.
The bike (Ga 18 Pa 9295) and the truck (Lu 1 Kha 9832) collided head-on last night, police said.
Government decides to construct teachers’ hospital in Bharatpur
The government has decided to construct a teachers' hospital in Bharatpur.
A Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to construct the teachers' hospital in Bharatpur-15 of Chitwan.
Meanwhile, Dr Shilu Manandhar has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University.
A Cabinet meeting decided to appoint Manandhar as the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
Nepal records 5, 292 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths on Monday
Nepal logged 5, 292 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths on Monday.
With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,082,668. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,743.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 10,368 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 3,472 returned positive. Likewise, 5,720 people underwent antigen tests, of which 1,820 tested positive.
The Ministry said that 8,191 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 79,272 active cases in the country.
The Ministry said that 862,898 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.
The Ministry said that 77,665 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 607 are in institutionalized isolation.
Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 1772 new cases today.
According to the Ministry, 1,361 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 271 in Lalitpur and 90 in Bhaktapur.
