Cabinet meeting today, likely to take crucial COVID-19 related decisions

Today’s cabinet meeting is expected issue new health protocol

KATHMANDU, April 19: A Cabinet meeting is being held on Monday morning. 

The meeting has been called at Prime Minister KP Oli’s official residence in Baluwatar for 9 AM today, according to a minister. “The meeting is expected to discuss various strategies against the second wave of COVID-19 and take necessary decisions,” he told Ratopati. 

A meeting of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC), which was held on Saturday, recommended to the government to close down the educational institutions located in the urban areas until May 14. The CCMC suggested suspending physical classes and operating the online ones. 

Today’s Cabinet meeting will primarily dwell on the recommendation made by the CCMC amid the pressure exerted on the government from all sides to immediately direct for the suspension of physical classes. 

The meeting is also expected to issue a new health protocol amid the onset of the second wave of the viral disease. 

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