The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 638 new cases and four deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours. There were demands on Sunday from mayors of Kathmandu Valley to seal all entry points to Kathmandu Valley and a total ban on public vehicles.īut the Cabinet rejected the proposal, said an official at the Prime Minister’s Office.Īs of Tuesday, Nepal has reported 23,948 Covid-19 cases with 83 deaths. Our clients will not trust us anymore.”Ī senior official at the Home Ministry said that around 40 district administrations and local governments have already imposed various kinds of restrictions, lockdowns and curfews, and sealed border crossings since the lifting of the nationwide lockdown on July 21. “We were asked to resume business, and accordingly we started bookings and had started calling employees back to work. There are holes in the government’s Covid-19 response plan and we are becoming the long-term sufferers,” said Binayak Shah, senior vice president of the Hotel Association of Nepal. “We are increasingly worried about the future. The government’s unplanned and abrupt decision to cover up for its shortcomings, however, has worried many. “After assessing the risk, the local administrations and local units can take the necessary decisions,” said Khatiwada, who is also the government spokesperson. Hotels were told to prepare for guests as international flights had been earlier scheduled to start arriving from August 17, but that too has been pushed back by 15 days. Restaurants have been limited to takeaway services and all non-essential services like salons, shopping malls, theatres must remain closed, according to the new government directive. The government on July 20 had said schools could take admissions from August 17 but according to the announcement on Tuesday this has been pushed back by 15 days. No date for their opening has been announced. Long distance buses will now be allowed to ply from September 1.Īll educational institutions including schools, colleges, tuition centres and training centres will remain closed. The government had announced on July 20 that flights, both domestic and international, would be allowed from August 17. Other containment measures include restrictions on domestic and international passenger flights until August 31. The restriction orders, however, could lead to similar situations as lockdown at some places, according to Khatiwada. We have not imposed the nationwide lockdown and the Cabinet has decided not to,” said Finance and Information and Communication Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada, making public the government’s decisions on Covid-19 containment on Tuesday. “The districts with more than 200 active cases of coronavirus can impose necessary restrictions. Three weeks after lifting the lockdown, the federal government has given local administrations and governments the authority to decide on restrictions and lockdown measures as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.
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