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Police arrested four persons in possession of counterfeit Nepali currency notes worth Rs 294, 000 from Nayabazaar area of KMC-16.

Three detainees have been identified as Prithvi Prasad Sah (28), Mohammad Samsad Alam (28) of Gaur Municipality-12 of Rautahat, Mohammad Musarraf Ali (27) and Asaraf Ali (30) of Rajpur Municipality-3 of Rautahat.

All the banknotes are in denomination of Rs 1, 000.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Vaccinating pregnant women against the coronavirus may help prevent Covid-19 hospitalizations in infants after they are born, especially if the expecting mothers got the shots later in their pregnancy, US researchers reported on Tuesday.

The findings shed light on whether the benefits of vaccination during pregnancy extend to infants who would be too young to receive vaccines.

Researchers from several pediatric hospitals and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at children under six months old between July 2021 and January 2022.

The study analyzed data from 379 hospitalized infants - 176 with Covid-19 and 203 who were admitted for other issues. It found that Covid-19 vaccines were 61 percent effective overall at preventing hospitalizations in children whose mothers were vaccinated during pregnancy.

That protection rose to 80 percent when the mothers were vaccinated 21 weeks through 14 days before delivery. Vaccination effectiveness fell to 32 percent for the babies whose mothers were inoculated earlier during pregnancy.

The study authors warned that the estimates for effectiveness earlier in pregnancy should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size.

“Right now we want to ensure that we are protecting both the mom and the infant,” CDC’s Dana Meaney-Delman told reporters. “So as soon as a pregnant woman is willing to be vaccinated, she should so ahead and do so.”

Pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness from Covid-19, and having Covid during pregnancy can increase the risk of preterm birth, stillbirth and possibly other pregnancy complications, according to the CDC.

The CDC recommends that women who are pregnant, are breastfeeding, are trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future get vaccinated and stay up to date with Covid-19 shots.

Previous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with preterm delivery or underweight newborns

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Nepal logged 639 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Wednesday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,112,537. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,905 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 6, 782 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 548 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 974 people underwent antigen tests, of which 185 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 1, 600 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 18,251 active cases in the country. 

The Ministry said that 17, 580 people are staying in home isolation while 671 are in institutionalized isolation.

The Ministry said that 156 are undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit while 26 are on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 226 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 126 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 25 in Lalitpur and 12 in Bhaktapur.

The Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has urged Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale to facilitate in the smooth operation of hotels amid setbacks brought by ongoing global COVID-19. 

HAN's this urge comes after the government cancelled the licence of Hotel Yak and Yeti to operate casino after it failed to pay Rs 420 million in royalty. 

A team led by HAN President Shreejana Rana recently sat down with minister Ale and discussed current issues facing tourism sector, according to a statement issued by the HAN. During the meeting, President Rana apprised the minister of HAN's role in the development, promotion and protection of the country's tourism sector. 

Stating any individual or institution should not avoid its responsibility to pay revenues, taxes and fees to the state as per the laws, she said that the HAN has supported the state on this matter. 

Drawing the HAN's attention to the cancellation of the licence of the five-star Yak and Yeti 'which has contributed immensely to the promotion of the country's tourism', she said that as a result, workers, staffs, related people and payment of their salaries have been affected. 

The HAN always supports the state on the matter of implementing rules and regulations as per the law, but immense contributions of hotel sector to the country's economy should be honoured, according to her. RSS