Source::Xinhuanet
XINHUA/RSS
The authorities in Kathmandu Valley on Sunday decided to lift all the restrictive measures against public and private transportation and allow more operation hours for shops while extending the ongoing lockdown for ten more days to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We decided to relax the prohibitory orders further as the COVID-19 cases didn't rise significantly even after past relaxation," Dhundi Prasad Niraula, chief district officer of Lalitpur, one of the three districts in the valley, told Xinhua. "The relaxation is also aimed at addressing the livelihood problem of many people," he said.
Meanwhile, the ongoing lockdown in place in the valley ever since April 29 will be extended from July 6 till July 15, according to the decision of the authorities. Earlier, the lockdown was extended till July 5 by allowing public and private vehicles to operate under odd-even rules.
Nepal on Sunday reported 1,042 new COVID-19 cases, and over the last week daily cases had remained below 2,000 amid a second wave of the coronavirus that befell in early April, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
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