Koshi Province

South Korea has issued a special travel advisory for four provinces in Nepal amid concerns over further damage from flooding and landslides.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the advisory for Bagmati, Ganduki, Koshi and Lumbini provinces as of 9pm Friday.

The ministry advised travellers in the affected areas to move to safer locations unless they have urgent business.

It is advised that those planning to visit the regions should cancel or postpone their trips.

But Mani province just swore in its seventh chief minister in nine years, the UML's Kiran Thapa.

And Koshi, Karnali, and Siddharth Prasham all underwent tense confidence votes.

I mean, local governance is essentially impossible when the executive leadership changes before any policy can even be implemented.

It really is.

prompting health officials to warn the public that numbers could rise as the peak season arrives.

In the past few weeks alone, six people have died from JE virus infection in Koshi Province, Madhesh Province, and Lumbini Province.

In addition, 37 others were infected and hospitalized with Japanese encephalitis.

Of the vector-borne diseases, we have malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis, amongst many others.