Valley DAOs preparing to extend prohibitory orders by 15 days

Valley districts have 39,463 active corona cases

Valley districts have 39,463 active corona cases

KATHMANDU, May 11: Local administrations of the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley --- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur-- are preparing to extend the prohibitory orders by two more weeks. 

Chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts on Monday discussed the extension of prohibitory orders in view of rising corona cases and death numbers. 

Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, said that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley in presence of chiefs of security bodies from the three districts scheduled on Tuesday would take necessary decisions on this matter.

Parajuli shared that it is necessary to extend the prohibitory period as the Kathmandu Valley has been badly affected from the massive spread of COVID-19 cases across the country in the recent period.

Earlier, prohibitory orders were imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week to be effective from April 29 and later were extended for another one week, which are due to expire from May 12 midnight.  

The Kathmandu Valley has been reporting around 4,000 COVID-19 cases daily in recent periods.

According to the health ministry,  there are a total of  39,463 active cases in the Valley alone. Similarly, 1,286 deaths have so far been recorded in the three districts of the Valley.

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