Lockdown renewed in Kathmandu Valley to curb COVID-19 in Nepal
Xinhua
03 Jun 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
KATHMANDU, June 2 (Xinhua) Nepali authorities decided on Wednesday to extend a lockdown for 10 more days which has been put in place in the Kathmandu Valley since late April, as the number of COVID-19 cases remains high in the country. A joint meeting of chief district officers of the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts in the valley decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till June 14, Dhundi Prasad Niraula, chief district officer of Lalitpur, told Xinhua. In response to the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that hit Nepal in early April, the Kathmandu Valley has been switched to a lockdown mode since April 29, under which economic and social activities are fully or partially banned to prevent the spread of the virus.
Nepal extends coronavirus lockdown by 10 days 2 minutes read
Kathmandu, Jun 2 (EFE).- Nepal on Wednesday extended the Covid-19-linked prohibitory orders for another ten days while easing some of the restrictions.
Dhundi Prasad Niraula, the chief district officer of Lalitpur, one of the three districts in the Kathmandu valley, told EFE that the prohibitory orders had now been extended until June 14.
Nepal had imposed a lockdown on Apr. 29 that was gradually expanded to all but two of its 77 districts and has been extended twice until June 3 as the second Covid-19 wave had a devastating impact on the health system with families scrambling for hospital beds and bottled oxygen.
Lockdown renewed in Kathmandu Valley to curb Covid-19
Wed, Jun 02 2021 09:16:01 PM
Kathmandu, Jun 2 (IANS): Nepali authorities decided on Wednesday to extend a lockdown for 10 more days which has been put in place in the Kathmandu Valley since late April, as the number of Covid-19 cases remains high in the country.
A joint meeting of chief district officers of the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts in the valley decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till June 14, said Dhundi Prasad Niraula, chief district officer of Lalitpur.
In response to the devastating second wave of Covid-19 that hit Nepal in early April, the Kathmandu Valley has been switched to a lockdown mode since April 29, under which economic and social activities are fully or partially banned to prevent the spread of the virus, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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Xinhua
03 Jun 2021, 02:30 GMT+10
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2021-06-02 15:35:17 GMT2021-06-02 23:35:17(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, June 2 (Xinhua) Nepali authorities decided on Wednesday to extend a lockdown for 10 more days which has been put in place in the Kathmandu Valley since late April, as the number of COVID-19 cases remains high in the country.
A joint meeting of chief district officers of the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts in the valley decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till June 14, Dhundi Prasad Niraula, chief district officer of Lalitpur, told Xinhua.
In response to the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that hit Nepal in early April, the Kathmandu Valley has been switched to a lockdown mode since April 29, under which economic and social activities are fully or partially banned to prevent the spread of the virus.