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The Lalitpur Metropolitan City has decided to halt all the services except for emergency ones from today after some of its staffers tested positive for Covid-19.

Issuing a statement, the Metropolitan City said that it has decided to halt all the services other than the essential ones as some of its infected staffers are undergoing treatment and some are in home isolation.

The services will be halted till next Friday.

China has provided two million syringes under a grant which have been delivered on January 22. The assistances come at a time when there are reports that scarcity of syringes is hampering the vaccination program.

“China fully empathizes with Nepali people suffering from the recent pandemic. In light of the needs of Nepal, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal provided to Nepal two million syringes under the grant, which have been delivered on January 22, said the Chinese Embassy in a press statement.

With a view to helping Nepal in its fight against the pandemic and realizing its economic recovery, China will keep close coordination with Nepal and provide assistance in anti-pandemic supplies within its capacity, the Embassy said.

Nepal recorded 10,254 new Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths on Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 20,187 (14,462 RT-PCR and 5,725 antigen) tests were conducted today.

The Ministry said that 708 infected people recovered from the disease.

There are 72,862 active cases across the nation as of today.

As many as 3,906 cases of cybercrime have been registered in the fiscal year 2020/21, the Cyber Bureau of the Nepal Police said. Of them, 2,003 women and 1,471 men have become the victims. 

There are many children under the age of 18 years  who have also become the victims of cybercrime.

According to the statistics provided by the Cyber Bureau, 1,052 girls and 56 boys became the victims during this period.

Cyber Bureau Chief Nabindra Aryal said that the cases of cybercrime have been increasing drastically of late due to the greed for money.

People have been using the latest technology to commit crimes.

“Many people have been misusing social media, taking it as normal.  The cases have been increasing as the people do not have to meet and talk directly,” he said, adding, “ There was barely a day that they have not received the complaints of cybercrime.”

According to a preliminary investigation, 3,451 people have been found involved in cybercrime through Facebook in the fiscal year 2020/21.

As many 1,547 incidents of cybercrime were reported in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2021/22.

Due to this fact, such incidents are likely to increase in this fiscal year.

In the recent incidents, 49 girls and 25 boys under the age of 18 have become the victims.

Police claimed that the children have been becoming the victims as they have easy access to social media and the internet.

“There are no homes where children do not use the internet,” Cyber Bureau Chief Aryal said. “There are many children who commit the crime unknowingly,” he added.

Mostly people use Facebook, Viber, Imo, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok and Twitter among others to commit the crime.

Aryal said that the social media used in Nepal is being operated from abroad, it is easy for people living outside the country to commit the crime.

He said that they are coordinating with the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) to arrest the criminals.

“We have resolved almost all the cases of cybercrime,” Aryal said. More than 70 percent of people have access to the internet. Those who use the internet,95 people carry smartphones. The crimes have been increasing due to the misuse of technology.