Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Parents are always sensitive when it comes to their kids and their health. So if schools are opening now, they should take extra precautions to ensure a safe virus-free environment,”

kathmandupost Monday, January 18, 2021 5:42:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The new variants of the virus have been identified in about 40 countries, possibly even more, and we have just started discussions on setting up the facilities for gene sequencing,”

kathmandupost Thursday, January 7, 2021 5:34:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The coming year will be more challenging politically and from the perspective of pandemic. People have started to come out to the streets, meetings and gatherings have started to increase,”

kathmandupost Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:40:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It's a good place for catching Covid-19,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, December 30, 2020 6:13:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is a higher risk of traffic police or motorists being infected through dropolers while conducting the anti-drug-drive test with breathalysers,”

kathmandupost Thursday, December 24, 2020 5:24:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are at greater risk of transferring the virus. I think it’s quite impossible to maintain social distance in a disco or a nightclub,”

kathmandupost Monday, December 21, 2020 5:51:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It is more dangerous when buses are crammed with people for the lack of enough buses in the city. But health protocols should be followed strictly in public vehicles,”

kathmandupost Saturday, December 19, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba explains : “The fact that the fatalities are increasing, especially in Kathmandu, won’t allow us to say that fewer people are getting infected. This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere just yet,”

nepalitimes Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is no clinical evidence of curing Covid-19 by having gurjo. I guess ayurveda and alternative medicine practitioners can better explain it,”

kathmandupost Sunday, November 1, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “When I was the minister Gokul Baskota and I used to discuss pros and cons of the issues being raised at the Cabinet but no other minister would speak up,”

kathmandupost Friday, October 16, 2020 5:28:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “But this new rule will make things more dangerous. It will become easier for the virus to get transmitted from one passenger to another, and ultimately reach villages through the going home to celebrate Dashain,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:03:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “I don’t say that they should not check for drunk driving because during festive times more people will drink and it might lead to accidents,”

kathmandupost Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:25:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Coming days will be more challenging,”

kathmandupost Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:25:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is a higher risk of the virus spreading inside enclosed space like public vehicles, particularly if they are crowded. The bus operators as well as passengers should be careful,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, September 22, 2020 6:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Internal democracy in the party is gradually on the wane,”

kathmandupost Friday, September 18, 2020 5:56:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Commuting on public vehicles is very dangerous at a time of Covid-19. You can’t maintain social distancing but cycling helps one to remain safe from infection,”

kathmandupost Thursday, September 17, 2020 3:53:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Commuting on public vehicles is very dangerous at a time of Covid-19. You can’t maintain social distancing but cycling helps one to remain safe from infection,”

kathmandupost Monday, September 14, 2020 5:47:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The spread has continued at an alarming rate since the lockdown was lifted,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are in a very difficult situation. It is also the responsibility of the people to bring down the infection rate by staying at their homes. They should stay at home to help the concerned authorities to minimise the public mobility so the virus does not spread,”

kathmandupost Friday, September 4, 2020 5:39:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It seems that the disease is being transmitted from one family to another. The impacts of the two weeks of restrictions are yet to be seen, but the local and federal government should work with better plans to halt this rapid transmission,”

kathmandupost Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We have not seen any decline in the number of cases even though we have been under strict prohibitory orders for the past two weeks,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, September 1, 2020 10:23:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It’s an unfortunate event that we didn’t see it coming. Life was good when we settled there but now I can only say, my life’s whole hardwork has crashed down,”

kathmandupost Sunday, August 30, 2020 5:26:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “Nepal will always be at the risk because of the porous open border, even during the lockdown thousands of people managed to sneak in illegally,”

nepalitimes Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “These models are particularly useful because over half of our cases are still asymptomatic, which means we need to keep up active contact tracing, mass testing and surveillance,”

nepalitimes Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “These fresh restrictive measures will fail to serve the purpose if the authorities have not learned a lesson from the past lockdown,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:53:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People found it risky to come here,”

kathmandupost Monday, August 17, 2020 6:07:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People are not following safety rules in the Valley despite the fact that the infection rate is increasing,”

kathmandupost Sunday, August 9, 2020 5:17:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "It's a well-known and simple fact that washing hands is the simplest way to protect oneself from the infection,"

kathmandupost Saturday, August 8, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Isolation of the infected people is the only way to contain the spread of the virus,”

kathmandupost Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “A lockdown is not the solution to the coronavirus crisis. We must first analyse why we did not do the previous four months to take measures to control the spread,”

nepalitimes Tuesday, August 4, 2020 8:37:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Compared to other means of public transport, safa tempos are risky because they do not offer enough space,”

kathmandupost Saturday, August 1, 2020 3:43:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “One could meet several people during their travel and if they are infected, they could transmit the virus to their family members and in the community,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, July 28, 2020 5:09:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba claimed : “The landslide occurred as the authorities concerned did not clear an old landslide debris that had swept away the road section last year. The weak retaining wall along the road section also contributed to the disaster,”

kathmandupost Monday, July 20, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Our culture does not allow a woman to leave her home to get the package and stand in a row for hours,”

thenews-pk Sunday, July 12, 2020 4:35:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “I see a lot of risk associated with the decision,”

kathmandupost Friday, July 10, 2020 5:39:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Even during the lockdown, people breached the rules, they walked holding hands, stayed in groups. I do not think passengers will follow the rule set by the government, and you know the habit of drivers and the conductors,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:14:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "Dengue season has already started and most of the symptoms—fever, chest pain and cough—match with Covid-19,"

kathmandupost Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5:31:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are at a critical phase, and maintaining social distancing and taking other necessary precautions is essential,”

kathmandupost Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:27:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People in the Valley already fear they might catch Covid-19. Diseases transmitted through waste also elicit symptoms similar to Covid-19,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, June 10, 2020 5:40:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Common ailments like dengue, malaria, seasonal influenza and diarrheal diseases could kill a lot of people,”

kathmandupost Friday, April 17, 2020 8:21:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Common ailments like dengue, malaria, seasonal influenza and diarrheal diseases could kill a lot of people,”

kathmandupost Friday, April 17, 2020 8:08:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Such quarantine facilities where we are keeping people in the dozens are risky,”

kathmandupost Monday, April 13, 2020 12:04:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “All four of them are in normal condition”

thehimalayantimes Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:33:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Such quarantine facilities where we are keeping people in the dozens are risky,”

kathmandupost Monday, April 6, 2020 5:33:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People who pick up garbage are at risk, not from person-to-person but from objects that might have been touched and discarded by infected persons,”

kathmandupost Sunday, April 5, 2020 5:23:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “It is easier to track people travelling by air, since they are fewer and the airport has the equipment for thermal screening,”

nepalitimes Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:07:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The tarpaulins are too small while the blankets have been damaged by rats. We could not distribute those materials, as the people expressed their ire at being given damaged goods,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:43:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “If the patient is truly going through multiple health issues as outlined in the letter, it might take time, but one individual cannot have all these disorders at the same time, all of a sudden,”

kathmandupost Saturday, February 15, 2020 4:45:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba asked : “How can a mask save one from a contagious virus that has no cure or vaccine,”

ibtimes Monday, February 3, 2020 6:19:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “More than 200 mules were used to ferry food items like rice, salt, sugar, oil, and beaten rice to the remote areas before the opening of rural road networks,”

kathmandupost Sunday, December 15, 2019 6:38:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “He was a great shaman but had renounced shamanism to become a sadhu,”

kuenselonline Saturday, December 7, 2019 2:34:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Though lawmakers have argued that an accusation alone cannot relieve one from his or her position but in many cases, the accusation itself shows the crime,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We cannot manage expenditure to observe Dashain if we are not given our salary. Teachers who are from outside the district can’t go home to be with their families. How can they go home without money?”

kathmandupost Friday, September 27, 2019 6:00:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “If vegetables collected from such unhygienic places are consumed, there is a risk of ailments like dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis A or B,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:33:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "If we return to Nepal today, nobody is going to take us back as we don't know the place and the people there. We have been here for generations and have faced every situation with determination,"

business-standard Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:23:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Parents are always sensitive when it comes to their kids and their health. So if schools are opening now, they should take extra precautions to ensure a safe virus-free environment,”

kathmandupost Monday, January 18, 2021 5:42:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The new variants of the virus have been identified in about 40 countries, possibly even more, and we have just started discussions on setting up the facilities for gene sequencing,”

kathmandupost Thursday, January 7, 2021 5:34:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The coming year will be more challenging politically and from the perspective of pandemic. People have started to come out to the streets, meetings and gatherings have started to increase,”

kathmandupost Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:40:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It's a good place for catching Covid-19,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, December 30, 2020 6:13:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is a higher risk of traffic police or motorists being infected through dropolers while conducting the anti-drug-drive test with breathalysers,”

kathmandupost Thursday, December 24, 2020 5:24:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are at greater risk of transferring the virus. I think it’s quite impossible to maintain social distance in a disco or a nightclub,”

kathmandupost Monday, December 21, 2020 5:51:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It is more dangerous when buses are crammed with people for the lack of enough buses in the city. But health protocols should be followed strictly in public vehicles,”

kathmandupost Saturday, December 19, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba explains : “The fact that the fatalities are increasing, especially in Kathmandu, won’t allow us to say that fewer people are getting infected. This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere just yet,”

nepalitimes Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is no clinical evidence of curing Covid-19 by having gurjo. I guess ayurveda and alternative medicine practitioners can better explain it,”

kathmandupost Sunday, November 1, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “When I was the minister Gokul Baskota and I used to discuss pros and cons of the issues being raised at the Cabinet but no other minister would speak up,”

kathmandupost Friday, October 16, 2020 5:28:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “But this new rule will make things more dangerous. It will become easier for the virus to get transmitted from one passenger to another, and ultimately reach villages through the going home to celebrate Dashain,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:03:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “I don’t say that they should not check for drunk driving because during festive times more people will drink and it might lead to accidents,”

kathmandupost Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:25:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Coming days will be more challenging,”

kathmandupost Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:25:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “There is a higher risk of the virus spreading inside enclosed space like public vehicles, particularly if they are crowded. The bus operators as well as passengers should be careful,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, September 22, 2020 6:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Internal democracy in the party is gradually on the wane,”

kathmandupost Friday, September 18, 2020 5:56:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Commuting on public vehicles is very dangerous at a time of Covid-19. You can’t maintain social distancing but cycling helps one to remain safe from infection,”

kathmandupost Thursday, September 17, 2020 3:53:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Commuting on public vehicles is very dangerous at a time of Covid-19. You can’t maintain social distancing but cycling helps one to remain safe from infection,”

kathmandupost Monday, September 14, 2020 5:47:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The spread has continued at an alarming rate since the lockdown was lifted,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are in a very difficult situation. It is also the responsibility of the people to bring down the infection rate by staying at their homes. They should stay at home to help the concerned authorities to minimise the public mobility so the virus does not spread,”

kathmandupost Friday, September 4, 2020 5:39:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It seems that the disease is being transmitted from one family to another. The impacts of the two weeks of restrictions are yet to be seen, but the local and federal government should work with better plans to halt this rapid transmission,”

kathmandupost Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We have not seen any decline in the number of cases even though we have been under strict prohibitory orders for the past two weeks,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, September 1, 2020 10:23:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “It’s an unfortunate event that we didn’t see it coming. Life was good when we settled there but now I can only say, my life’s whole hardwork has crashed down,”

kathmandupost Sunday, August 30, 2020 5:26:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “Nepal will always be at the risk because of the porous open border, even during the lockdown thousands of people managed to sneak in illegally,”

nepalitimes Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “These models are particularly useful because over half of our cases are still asymptomatic, which means we need to keep up active contact tracing, mass testing and surveillance,”

nepalitimes Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “These fresh restrictive measures will fail to serve the purpose if the authorities have not learned a lesson from the past lockdown,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:53:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People found it risky to come here,”

kathmandupost Monday, August 17, 2020 6:07:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People are not following safety rules in the Valley despite the fact that the infection rate is increasing,”

kathmandupost Sunday, August 9, 2020 5:17:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "It's a well-known and simple fact that washing hands is the simplest way to protect oneself from the infection,"

kathmandupost Saturday, August 8, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Isolation of the infected people is the only way to contain the spread of the virus,”

kathmandupost Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “A lockdown is not the solution to the coronavirus crisis. We must first analyse why we did not do the previous four months to take measures to control the spread,”

nepalitimes Tuesday, August 4, 2020 8:37:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Compared to other means of public transport, safa tempos are risky because they do not offer enough space,”

kathmandupost Saturday, August 1, 2020 3:43:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “One could meet several people during their travel and if they are infected, they could transmit the virus to their family members and in the community,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, July 28, 2020 5:09:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba claimed : “The landslide occurred as the authorities concerned did not clear an old landslide debris that had swept away the road section last year. The weak retaining wall along the road section also contributed to the disaster,”

kathmandupost Monday, July 20, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Our culture does not allow a woman to leave her home to get the package and stand in a row for hours,”

thenews-pk Sunday, July 12, 2020 4:35:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “I see a lot of risk associated with the decision,”

kathmandupost Friday, July 10, 2020 5:39:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Even during the lockdown, people breached the rules, they walked holding hands, stayed in groups. I do not think passengers will follow the rule set by the government, and you know the habit of drivers and the conductors,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:14:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "Dengue season has already started and most of the symptoms—fever, chest pain and cough—match with Covid-19,"

kathmandupost Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5:31:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We are at a critical phase, and maintaining social distancing and taking other necessary precautions is essential,”

kathmandupost Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:27:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People in the Valley already fear they might catch Covid-19. Diseases transmitted through waste also elicit symptoms similar to Covid-19,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, June 10, 2020 5:40:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Common ailments like dengue, malaria, seasonal influenza and diarrheal diseases could kill a lot of people,”

kathmandupost Friday, April 17, 2020 8:21:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Common ailments like dengue, malaria, seasonal influenza and diarrheal diseases could kill a lot of people,”

kathmandupost Friday, April 17, 2020 8:08:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Such quarantine facilities where we are keeping people in the dozens are risky,”

kathmandupost Monday, April 13, 2020 12:04:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “All four of them are in normal condition”

thehimalayantimes Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:33:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Such quarantine facilities where we are keeping people in the dozens are risky,”

kathmandupost Monday, April 6, 2020 5:33:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “People who pick up garbage are at risk, not from person-to-person but from objects that might have been touched and discarded by infected persons,”

kathmandupost Sunday, April 5, 2020 5:23:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba says : “It is easier to track people travelling by air, since they are fewer and the airport has the equipment for thermal screening,”

nepalitimes Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:07:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “The tarpaulins are too small while the blankets have been damaged by rats. We could not distribute those materials, as the people expressed their ire at being given damaged goods,”

kathmandupost Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:43:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “If the patient is truly going through multiple health issues as outlined in the letter, it might take time, but one individual cannot have all these disorders at the same time, all of a sudden,”

kathmandupost Saturday, February 15, 2020 4:45:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba asked : “How can a mask save one from a contagious virus that has no cure or vaccine,”

ibtimes Monday, February 3, 2020 6:19:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “More than 200 mules were used to ferry food items like rice, salt, sugar, oil, and beaten rice to the remote areas before the opening of rural road networks,”

kathmandupost Sunday, December 15, 2019 6:38:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “He was a great shaman but had renounced shamanism to become a sadhu,”

kuenselonline Saturday, December 7, 2019 2:34:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “Though lawmakers have argued that an accusation alone cannot relieve one from his or her position but in many cases, the accusation itself shows the crime,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:15:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “We cannot manage expenditure to observe Dashain if we are not given our salary. Teachers who are from outside the district can’t go home to be with their families. How can they go home without money?”

kathmandupost Friday, September 27, 2019 6:00:00 AM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : “If vegetables collected from such unhygienic places are consumed, there is a risk of ailments like dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis A or B,”

kathmandupost Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:33:00 PM EAT

Sher Bahadur Deuba said : "If we return to Nepal today, nobody is going to take us back as we don't know the place and the people there. We have been here for generations and have faced every situation with determination,"

business-standard Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:23:00 PM EAT