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Emerging Themes:

• Denmark to give 1,400,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal; no information on the arrival or quantity of vaccine promised by US to Nepal
• Nepal reports 3,479 new COVID-19 cases, 99 deaths on June 6; cases on decline in major cities, on the rise in villages; people testing positive in Antigen Test stands at 31 per cent
• People in 3 remote municipalities of Dolpa ill, showing COVID-19-like symptoms since the last 2 weeks; no road connectivity for healthcare workers to reach them
• Coronavirus Prevention Control and Treatment Fund remains unused as officials say no request has been made for resources
• Health experts question the leadership and members of the newly reorganized COVID-19 Crisis Management Committee that is headed by a retired armyman
• Change in nation’s Health Minister in a matter of 5 months is not healthy, says former chief specialist of Health Ministry
• Chepang community staring at starvation as restrictions snatch means to earn their daily bread

Recurring Themes:

• Black fungus cases on the rise in Nepal, 13 reported so far
• Bheri Hospital healthcare workers call probe findings unfair, say it doesn’t address issue of violence against women; President Bidhya Devi Bhandari issues ordinance related to safety of healthcare professionals, institutions
• Experts call for gradual relaxation of prohibitory orders after carrying out certain steps to ensure there is no sudden explosion of new cases