With Delta variants circulating, experts warn of new second virus wave peak Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 8 -- Kathmandu, the capital city with a high population density, is behaving as if there is no coronavirus. After two months of a strict lockdown, almost everything has reopened. Tuesday onwards, public vehicles too have started operating with little restriction and marketplaces are seeing growing crowds. Public health experts, who have long warned that a third wave could hit the country, say a second wave peak of cases cannot be ruled out yet. Two major concerns, according to doctors, are that the Delta and Delta Plus variants are circulating and Nepal's vaccination coverage is abysmally low.