New Delhi (NVI): The Nepal government has decided to extend the COVID-19 lockdown by a week. That means, the lockdown which was imposed on March 24 and was to reach maturity on March 31, will be effective till April 7 now.
The Himalayan reported that the Nepal government has issued a decree in this regard. A cabinet-level meeting of Nepalese government officials took place in Kathmandu today and the lockdown was further extended to slow the spread of coronavirus, the newspaper reported.
Apart from this, the Nepal government also extended ban on all international flights until April 15 as a preventive measure.
The Himalayan nation went into lockdown on March 24 in a bid to break the spread cycle of the pandemic, a day after the second person was tested positive for the contagion.
