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Nepal reported 15 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 083 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 12 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 464 people underwent antigen tests, of which three were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 32 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 298 active cases in the country.

The entire preparations have been completed for the Secondary Education Examination (SEE), 2078 BS scheduled to kick off at 8 am from tomorrow across the country.

It may be noted that the National Examinations Board had recognized schools' internal assessments of students for SEE results of two consecutive previous years (2076 and 2077 BS) due to COVID-19 crisis.

But the SEE for the academic year 2078 BS (2021-22) is taking place with the physical presence of students. Board Chair Mahashram Sharma said general health protocols are to be followed in the exam halls. He said all districts have already received materials required for conducting the exams including question papers and answer sheets.

Controller of SEE Examination, Arjun Rayamajhi informed RSS that there were 2,007 exam centers for SEE across the country. A total of 514,967 students: 257,053 girls and 157,914 boys from 11,615 schools will be attending the exam towards the regular category.

Likewise, 11,454 students will be sitting in the exam for grade improvement that has been halted since the past two years and 14,564 students towards technical streamline will be appearing in the exam.

This time, the least 43 SEE students are from Manang. Similarly, 20 students from a school operated by a Nepali in Japan will be sitting in the exam.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and his delegation have arrived in Kathmandu at the invitation of Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada on Thursday.

Senior officials of the MoFA, MoHP and Who received the visiting dignitary at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

During his three-day visit to Nepal, the Director General is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

He will also hold separate meetings with Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada.

A person died and seven others were injured when an explosion took place at the Sagarmatha Oxygen Plant in the Patan Industrial Area of Lalitpur on Thursday.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.

Siddha Bikram Shah, spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur, said that the incident occurred while filling the oxygen.

The injured have been taken to the Patan Hospital for treatment, police said.