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Home , Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province

• The ongoing lockdown/prohibitory order in Kathmandu • 731,653 people have received both shots, while since 29 April, has been extended further till 28 2,500,196 people have got the first shot of vaccine June with some relaxation. The measures include private against the coronavirus disease as of 21 June across the vehicle and taxi operation on an odd-even basis and country. opening of small businesses to be effective for one week. • Experts say the third wave could be deadlier for Everyday groceries, fruit and vegetable shops, given the low vaccination coverage and complacency on department stores, dairy shop, stationery shops will the part of the government agencies as well as the open till 11 AM, while construction material shops will general public. Health experts in have predicted a open from 11 AM- 6 PM. Jewellery, utensils, electronics, third COVID-19 wave by October and this warning comes household appliances and automobile shops will open as a major cause for concern in Nepal. from 11 AM- 4 PM on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and • All seven provinces unveiled their budgets for the next shopping malls; shops selling sports items, clothes and fiscal year 2021-22 beginning mid-July, putting maximum shoes, tailoring shops, gift shops will open from 11 AM- focus on constructing advanced health care systems and 4 PM on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. infrastructure, and allocating funds to vaccinate all • The daily number of total cases in the country has been people against the coronavirus. coming down gradually, but this is also because the • The government of Nepal has decided to buy four million number of tests is coming down, according to doctors. doses of Sinopharm vaccine from for which the From 22,353 PCR tests on 21 May, test numbers have talks are ongoing. The government aims to launch been declining and 7,010 were reported on 19 June. another inoculation drive from mid-July. Overall, the number of cases may be going down • Floods, landslides triggered by incessant rain have nationwide, but based on PCR tests, Province 1 has 29 % caused massive damage to life and property in different positivity rate, Province 2 has 18 % has areas. As of 19 June, 17 deaths, 21 missing and 593 22 %, 37%, Province 19 %, families are displaced across the country. While districts 37 % and Sudurpaschim Province has 9 like Palpa, , Pyuthan, Syangja, Lamjung and % positivity rate as of 19 June. Bajura have been hit hard, Sindhupalchok is affected the • The Ministry of Health and Population on 21 June has most, with hundreds of houses already inundated. confirmed the detection of a new mutation of Delta • The monsoon displacements in the days could variant (B.1.617.2), in Nepal. This mutated form of the complicate pandemic as the temporary shelters for the coronavirus is said to be active in over 10 countries displaced can turn into coronavirus hotspots while there across the globe, including Nepal. is the risk of -borne and vector-borne infections.

(Source: MoHP,UN, Media, NRCS)

Doti, Achham, Dailekh, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Banke, Bardiya and Dhading (based on the DCA’s partners’ weekly report)

• Lockdown in most of DCA’s working areas has Management Committee (DDMC) has issued a eased a bit. COVID-19 cases are in decreasing notice for for preparedness as its level trend in most areas, but there are high risk areas is increasing. too such as Banke, Jumla, Baitadi, Dailekh, • In , the COVID-19 cases have Achham. decreased. Farmers, daily wage earners, women • Vaccination drive for 60-65 age is ongoing in face high levels of poverty, malnutrition, and many areas including Banke, Achham, Doti, poor health. Due to rain, the Karnali highway is Kailali, etc. blocked, an alert has been sent to the nearby areas of the river and people are relocated. • People are not willing to go for PCR test or DDMC meeting was also held. In Dullu 9, around antigen test due to fear of being stigmatised. 10 families have been displaced, the local While the remote locations do not have the government has decided to go for one door facility of testing at all and in some areas, it takes policy for any response. few days for the report to come. • In , the COVID-19 positive • Cases of GBV, psycho-social imbalance, stress cases are going down and people are mostly in and anxiety has visibly increased. home isolation. Around 250 migrant workers • In , women are now engaged in from India are still entering Nepal while an equal paddy plantation even though there is a risk of number of them going back to India for work. COVID-19 transmission. Due to incessant rain in There is a high chance of flood in the days to the area, few death cases and few injured cases come. Therefore, the DDMC has developed a reported in a landslide in ward 3 of KI Singh RM, monsoon preparedness response plan. some rural roads have been closed and people's • In , daily wage earners are facing lives have been interrupted and some farmlands unemployment and migrant returnees have have been ruined by mudslides. started going back to India. Farmers are engaged • In , people are not willing to go in crop plantation. Due to monsoon, a district for PCR test. Dalits and marginalised people are level monsoon preparedness plan has been not being able to access PCR and antigen test. prepared. Roads are blocked due to rain and landslide in • In , the situation of migrant many areas in Achham. workers is challenging as they do not have work • In , the COVID-19 cases are nor land for cultivation. The area is high in the decreasing gradually, and people are slowly back risk zone for COVID-19 transmission due to the to their work. Farmers have started rice open border between Nepal and India. cultivation practices and are busy in the field. Vaccination is being provided to people of 60-65 Due to the monsoon, District Disaster age group as per the government plan.

• People at risk who have lost their income due to lockdowns are struggling to meet their basic day to day food is urgent priority. • In Lumbini and Sudhurpaschim Provinces, meeting with Human Right Defenders (HRD) networks were held after which a press note has been released. The meeting focused on the situation of the access to health facilities, status of Human Rights violence cases and responsibilities of HRDs in these issues. • GBV cases reported in Lumbini and Karnali Province help desk, where two of them were supported with emergency fund. Partners are opting for the telephonic medium for counselling, advocacy, providing online health counselling from doctors and providing the link with the respective authority. • Awareness raising on the importance of being vaccinated being done and support to community people to fill up the vaccine form is being done regularly; this has helped many get their vaccines on time. • Counselling and advocacy are provided to GBV survivors, the cases are also notified to Palika officials to make them accountable. • Crucial role is being played by help desks established in some of DCA's working districts to provide awareness, tracing the clusters or areas that need counselling and mobilise volunteers, FCHV for door-to-door checkup and referral.

DCA’s partner TWUC distributed masks, sanitisers to 42 farmers groups, 1 cooperative and 2 dairy collection centres, which are associated with its AADHAR project. Flex boards with five sets of COVID-19 messages were also handed over to 11 ward offices, 10 health posts, 1 covid hospital, 1 Rural Municipality, 1 cooperative and 2 dairy collection centres. Calendars with covid messages were also handed over to 951 community people for awareness raising.

Under Danmarks Indsamling funded AADHAR project, being implemented by TWUC-Bardiya and DWRF-Kailali, several handwashing stations are planned to be installed in strategic locations. As part of this, DWRF has handed over hand washing stations to be placed in 11 areas of Gauriganga and Kailari Rural Municipality, and sanitation and hygiene support to isolation centres in these two locations. Altogether 3,500 individuals will benefit from the handwashing stations and 500 people from the materials in the centres.