Nepal’s fight against COVID-19: 60 districts under prohibitory orders

KATHMANDU, May 7: With the country being ravaged by the deadlier second wave of the coronavirus disease, local administrations have enforced prohibitory orders in a bid to curb the spread of virus to the community level. Utilizing the authority provided by the Cabinet that the districts can enforce restriction orders if the number of active cases exceed 200 (hill districts) and 500 (districts in terai and the Kathmandu Valley), as many as 60 districts have so far placed prohibitory orders. Fourteen of them have implemented restriction orders in some parts of the districts while 46 others have placed the orders across the whole areas of the districts. Most districts lying in the southern belt of the country have enforced orders as Nepal’s southern neighbor has been worst hit by the virus. Only three districts in Province 2 ---Rautahat, Sarlahi and Saptai—, that share their southern borders with India, have yet to enforce the orders. Districts that have implemented orders throughout the districts: Dhading Humla Achham Dolakha Nawalparasi (West) Siraha Bara Muku Rolpa Nawalparasi (East) Doti Dolpa Mahottari Dailekh Baitadi Arghakhanchi Dhanusha Nuwakot Kapilvastu Syangja Bajhang Udayapur Bajura Gorkha Pyuthan Gulmi Jhapa Dadeldhura Rukum (West) Jajarkot Sunsari Salyan Bardiya Rupandehi Chitwan Palpa Kanchanpur Dang Parsa Kailali Kaski Bhaktapur Lalitpur Kathamandu Surkeht Banke   Districts that have placed restriction orders in some parts of the districts: Sindhupalchowk Ilam Tanahun Myagdi Taplejung Ramechhap Kalikot Makwanpur Parbat Kavre Morang Darchula Baglung Dhankuta