These services, activities are allowed and restricted during week-long prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley

KATHMANDU, April 27: Amid the growing risk of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the local administrations of  the three districts  in the Kathmandu Valley decided to enforce  week-long prohibitory orders effective from Thursday (April 29). 

The orders will continue until May 5, according to separate notices published by the district administration offices (DAOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts earlier on Monday evening. The new orders will come into force from 6AM on April 29 and end on May 5 midnight. 

According to the orders issued separately by three DAOs,      conferences, seminars, training centers, cinema halls, party palaces, swimming pools, shopping malls, entertainment sites, saloons, beauty parlors, gym and fitness centers, sports activities, libraries and zoos are not allowed to be operated.

Similarly, all the private vehicles and public transportation services except for those designated as emergency ones are also restricted. Ambulances and those vehicles carrying emergency goods, health professionals and medical supplies, however, will be allowed to operate during this period. 

All other services except for the emergency ones are prohibited, according to the orders. Services allowed during the period include operation and transportation of drinking water, food stuff, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, banks and financial institutions, internet, COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facilities and waste management. 

Similarly, all the shops and business activities will remain shut down except for those selling food items, medicines and medical supplies. Only the grocery section of the departmental stores are allowed to open. They will remain open until 10 AM in the morning and between 5 PM to 7 PM in the evening.

The district administrations asked those allowed to operate their services to strictly abide by the health protocol issued by the health ministry. 

Restricted services and activities

1. Cinema halls 
2. Party palaces
3. Swimming pools
4. Shopping malls 
5. Zoos 
6. Group sports 
7. Librarities 
8. Museums 
9. Private vehicles 
10. Public transportation 
11. Saloons
12. Beauty parlors
13. Gymnasium 

Allowed services and activities

1. Vehicles carrying emergency goods
2. Ambulances
3. Vehicles used by security personnel and medics
4. Services such as drinking water, food stuff, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, banks and financial institutions, telecommunications, internet, COVID-19 quarantine and isolation and waste management 
5. Government offices
6. Development activities 
7. Persons flying abroad 
8. Hearses
9. Grocery shops 
10. Grocery sections of departmental stores
11. Pharmacies 
12. Wedding ceremonies (maximum of 15 people after getting persmission from respective district adminstration office)
13. Media persons  (should produce an identity card issued by the Department of Information)