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BHARATPUR
RSS
The Bharatpur Metropolitan City has gone into a weeklong lockdown following the detection of 23 COVID-19 cases in three days. The lockdown begins midnight today.
An emergency meeting of the disaster management committee chaired by the metropolis Mayor Renu Dahal decided on weeklong lockdown due to the increasing cases.
Vehicles except for essential services are banned. Mobility of people in inner areas will be fully restricted. Only necessary services like shops selling milk, vegetables will be allowed by preparing the schedule. "Only necessary areas will operate under special surveillance," she said.
The village report committee urged the people to take precaution and stay home. The disaster management unit of the metropolis, fire engines, city police and the metropolis staffs will be mobilized to prevent and control the infection.
Hospitals, isolation wards and quarantine facilities within the metropolis will be made effective emphasizing treatment to COVID-19 patients.
