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At least six persons died when a bus met with an accident at Laghuwa in Ribdikot Rural Municipality-2 of Palpa on Sunday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established, police said.

The incident occurred when the bus (Lu 1 Kha 5952) heading towards Butwal from Majuwa, Gulmi fell some 100 metres down the road at around 4 pm today.

Further details of the incident are awaited, police said.

Nepal recorded 347 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 360 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 303 returned positive. Likewise, 1,528 people underwent antigen tests, of which 44 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 95 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 3, 177 active cases in the country.

Among them, 3, 035 are in home isolation and 142 are in institutionalized isolation.

Of the people who are staying in institutionalized isolation, 22 are undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Units and two on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu recorded higest 169 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 35 cases are reported in Lalitpur, 27 in Kaski and 17 in Morang and 12 in Bhaktapur.

Three persons died when a tree fell on a commuter bus and a scooter at Sallaghari in Bhaktapur on Sunday.

Police said that the tree crushed the moving bus (Ba Kha 3584) heading towards Dudhpati from Thimi and the scooter (Ba 61 Pa 3978) en route to Sallaghari from Dudhpati.

Chief District Officer Rudra Devi Sharma said that 12 others were injured in the incident.

One of the deceased has been identified as Nitesh Kharbuja.

The identities of others are yet to be established.

The injured are receiving treatment at the Yuwamora Hospital, Bhaktapur International Hospital and Madhyapur Hospital, police said.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has directed the chiefs of the security agencies  to rescue the injured.

Delhi today reported its first monkeypox case as a 31-year-old man with no foreign travel history was diagnosed with the disease. This is the fourth monkeypox case reported in India with the previous three cases being reported from Kerala, NDTV reported.

The man had attended a party in Manali in Himachal Pradesh, news agency PTI reported citing sources.

The West Delhi resident was hospitalised with symptoms of the disease three days ago, it said, adding that his samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology yesterday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal confirmed that the disease was detected in the city, while asserting there's no need to panic.

"The first case of Monkeypox was detected in Delhi. The patient is stable and recovering. There's no need to panic. The situation is under control. We have made a separate isolation ward at LNJP. Our best team is on the case to prevent the spread and protect Delhiites," said Mr Kejriwal.

Two-three suspected samples were coming every week in Mumbai, but these days the frequency has increased to two-three per day, sources told NDTV.

Sixteen laboratories are dedicated for monkeypox, including two only for Kerala.

Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus with symptoms similar to the smallpox, but less severe. The virus transmission occurs from infected animals to humans via direct or indirect contact. It can also be transmitted from humans to humans through direct contact with the infected person's skin or lesions, and respiratory droplets.

So far, more than 16,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 75 countries across the world. Five deaths have also been reported in Africa.

Apart from India, only one such case has been reported from the WHO's South-East Asia Region - in Thailand, according to NDTV.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency - the highest alarm it can sound.