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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the typhoid vaccination campaign amidst a function organised at the Durbar High School, Ranipokhari on Thursday. 

The vaccination campaign is to be rolled out throughout the country from tomorrow till May 1. The typhoid vaccination programme will also be included in the regular national immunization programme.

Under the programme children between the ages of one year three months to 15 years would be administered the vaccines against typhoid.  

On the occasion, Prime Minister Deuba expressed the confidence that like in controlling COVID-19 infection, the country will become successful in typhoid control programme as well. He said around 7.5 million children between the age of one year three months to 15 years would be administered the vaccines against typhoid as part of the campaign. 

PM Deuba urged the local bodies to work towards producing gas and electricity from waste by setting up waste treatment plants for the long-term solution of the problem related to waste management in the urban areas, including the capital.

“Energy has been generated by setting up waste treatment plants in several cities, including Dharan. Vehicles have been run by using this gas generated from these plants. The government will also provide the necessary support if the local levels adopt such technology that can be possible through own investment,” he suggested. 

The Prime Minister called for paying attention to waste management as the problem of unmanaged waste will spoil the environment and the beauty of the city as well as increase the risk of several types of infections. 

Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada said Nepal has achieved exemplary success in the whole world in the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and it was the first country to launch the typhoid vaccination campaign in the whole of South Asia. 

Stating that so far 16 various types of vaccines have been produced in the world so far and only a few countries have been able to avail many of these vaccines, the Health Minister said Nepal has used 13 types of these vaccines. 

Bagmati Province Health Minister Neema Lama expressed commitment to make the typhoid vaccination campaign a success. He said the Bagmati province had attained the first success in the COVID-19 vaccination programme. 

Dr Ramparth Bichha, health advisor to PM Deuba, expressed his confidence that the vaccine against typhoid brought into use after 10 years of research would be highly effective.

Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Rajesh Kharel said that the anti-typhoid vaccine was free, safe and effective. According to him, it would be provided to children from 15 months to 15 years and appealed to all the sides concerned for their cooperation for the same. 

Kathmandu Metropolitan City mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya informed that around 600 vaccination centres were designated in the Kathmandu district including in schools to make sure no children are deprived of the vaccine. 

Efforts were also coordinated with the local level and women community health volunteers to make the vaccination campaign a success, according to him.

On a different note, the mayor urged the government for necessary coordination as he shared that the garbage in Kathmandu was not picked up for some days. 

Present at the event were representatives from the World Health Organization, and UNICEF among others. 

The national vaccination campaign is considered the first priority of the government and it has been a successful public health programme. Effective implementation of regular vaccination campaigns is expected to significantly reduce the cases of childhood illness, disability, and infant and child mortality among others.

Nepal is still at high risk of typhoid which is highly contagious. It has been one of the top five reasons for hospitalization in Nepal. The vaccine against typhoid will be provided to children from 15 months to 15 years during this campaign and later will be provided regularly for children of 15 months, it was shared. RSS

Nepal reported seven new Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 819 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which seven returned positive. Likewise, 1, 449 people underwent antigen tests, of which no one were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 25 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 747 active cases in the country.

Among them, 717 are in home isolation and 30 are in institutionalized isolation.

Of the infected persons, 11 are in Intensive Care Units and one is on ventilator.

The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has directed the service providers to tighten the sales and distribution of SIM and RIM cards. 

The instruction by the telecommunication regulatory body comes in the wake of rife complaints received by it regarding the indiscriminate distribution of SIM and RIM cards by the service providers.

Issuing a notice here today, the NTA instructed the service providers to distribute the SIM and RIM cards after letting the service-seekers fill the KYC form properly, after following proper procedures as well as verifying the details. 

The NTA has also directed the service providers to comply with the rules and regulations of the NTA while selling and distributing SIM and RIM cards. 

Similarly, the service-seekers are also urged to purchase SIM and RIM Cards on the basis of their actual details. Those violating the rules and regulations shall be punished as per the prevailing law, the NTA warned. RSS

The District Police Office, Udayapur has made public two persons arrested for murdering Kabita Sunuwar (15) of Belka Municipality-3, Buddhachowk on Wednesday.

Kavita’s dead body was found near a local Jasoda rivulet on Tuesday morning. 

Police made public Sarita Dhakal Khatry (17) of Belka-3 and her elder uncle’s son Binod Dhakal (19), a resident of Sikkim Paiyu of India and are currently living in Belka, as the murderers of the adolescent girl. 

Kabita, a 10th grader of Koshi Janata Secondary School, was murdered while she was on the way to school for SEE tuition classes. Her dead body was found almost two kilometres away from the home. 

In course of an immediate investigation into the murder incident, police had arrested Sarita and Binod, informed District Police Office chief Subas Bohora. 

According to the police, both Kabita and Sarita were 10th graders in the same Koshi School. They had some personal disputes and to take revenge Sairita had used his brother to plot the murder of Kavita, police said. 

According to the investigation’s preliminary findings, Sarita had sent a mobile text to Kavita on Tuesday morning for early tuition classes. “Sarita also took his brother Binod to the forest which is their route to go to school. When Sarita and Kabita met on the way, Binod had attacked Kabita on her head from the back with a beer bottle. She had fallen unconscious after the assault and then after Sarita and Binod beat her with stones to death”, the police investigation revealed. 

Police have made necessary preparation to file a murder case against Binod and Sarita, police said. RSS