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A total of 28 cases of dengue were reported in Makawanpur district in the past 15 days.

According to the District Health Office (DHO), Makawanpur, cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been on the rise in the district lately. So was Coronavirus infection.
Of the 10 local levels in the district, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City reported the highest number of infections, informed Laxman Ghimire, Information Officer at the DHO, Makawanpur.
The infected ones who were mostly from ward 4 and 5 in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City were under treatment, shared Ghimire, adding that statistics on the same were yet to be received from private hospitals.
Meanwhile, scrub typhus was reported in nine people in the past 15 days while Kala-azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) in a person during the same period.

Transport entrepreneurs have demanded the government adjust the prices of petroleum products in the domestic market as per its falling prices in the international market.

Issuing a press statement today, Federation of Nepali National Transport Entrepreneurs-FNNTE reminded that the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the supplier of petro products to Nepal, has lately reduced the prices twice while the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has not revised the price list in line with its supplier.

"The public transport sector which has greatly suffered an economic loss due to COVID-19 pandemic has to clamor for the adjustment of fuel prices instead of getting a relief for the loss," the press release adds.

Federation Chair Bijay Bahadur Swanr said transport entrepreneurs are largely affected by the unexceptional rise in motor vehicle tax, bank interest, route permit charge, vehicle-test insurance and motor engines. The prices should be quickly revised as per the international market.

As the Federation said, 60 percent discount facility in tax, route permit, and vehicle-test that transport entrepreneurs were getting for providing concession for students, people with disabilities and senior citizens has been presently suspended and it should be resumed.

Nepal reported 915 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 3, 091 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 590 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 911 people underwent antigen tests, of which 325 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 301 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 5, 433 active cases in the country.

A Nepali Airlines plane preparing to fly to Mumbai of India from Nepal has been stopped.

The aircraft was stopped after police received information that there was a suspicious person on board and could pose a threat to security.

A team of Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB) is carrying out checks by taking the plane under control.

Meanwhile, police have arrested a suspicious person from the aircraft.