Nepal on Tuesday reported 2,444 new cases of coronavirus infection, the biggest single-day jump since August last year. In the last 15 days, the country has recorded over 8,000 cases.

Nepal reports highest single-day spike of 2,444 Covid cases since August 

Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious Covid surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system.

Nepal reels from Covid 'crisis situation' as infections soar

As India is battering a new wave of the novel coronavirus, the situation in neighbouring Nepal is also grim. As many as 44 per cent of Nepal's Covid tests came back positive last weekend, as per government data quoted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), warning of a severe crisis.

As Covid cases in Nepal rise, Red Cross warns of looming threat of severe crisis