As per the survey, COVID-19 and lockdown have a double impact on children in limiting their access to education, health services, nutritious food, and safety.
Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Local administrations in the Kathmandu Valley have imposed some restrictions in public activities amid the rise in new COVID-19 infections.
A joint meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts on Tuesday decided to implement the ‘smart lockdown’ as authorized by the Home Ministry. The ministry on Monday issued a circular in the name of respective district crisis management committees to apply necessary measures without restricting the economic activities and transportation as per the Smart Lockdown Work Procedure.
The new provisions, which will come into force starting from Tuesday midnight, include a ban on crowds of more than 25 people in public places, producing COVID-19 vaccination cards mandatorily while being in public places and receiving public amenities and shutting schools until January 29.
See the notices issued by three districts:
Lalitpur
Bhaktapur
CANBERRA, Sept. 14 : The COVID-19 lockdown in Australia's capital city has been extended by a month as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections.
Andrew Barr, chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), said on Tuesday that Canberra will remain in lockdown until Oct. 15.
Restrictions were due to end on Friday after 36 days in lockdown but Barr said the risk to the community remained high.
On Tuesday morning, Australia reported 1,595 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19.
New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most populous state with Sydney as the capital city, reported 1,127 new cases and two deaths.
"There have been 186 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since June 16, 2021," said the statement from NSW Health.
Victoria, the second-most populous state with Melbourne as the capital city, reported a further 445 new local cases.
There were 22 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the ACT, only two of which were in quarantine for their entire infectious period. It takes the number of active cases in the national's capital to 252. The ongoing COVID-19 infections in the surrounding NSW area is one of the reasons for the extended lockdown in ACT, according to Barr.
"New South Wales has been problematic for the nation throughout this process," Barr said. "Given we are a jurisdiction sitting wholly within that state, and we are seeing incursion of the virus outside of the Greater Sydney area."
Under the current restrictions Canberrans are only allowed to leave home for six reasons: essential shopping, healthcare, essential work, outdoor exercise for a maximum of two hours per day, COVID-19 vaccinations and tests.
So far about 68.5 percent of Australians aged 16 and older had received at least one vaccine dose and 43.2 percent were fully vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.
Due to the smart lockdown imposed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the festivities have been toned down this year as well and fewer devotees can be seen outside the Pashupatinath.
KATHMANDU, Sept. 6: The authorities in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, decided to end the lockdown imposed since late April to check the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Movie theatres, swimming pools, museums and dance clubs can be reopened while conferences and sporting events can be organized by following the health protocols from Sept. 2.
The coronavirus lockdown in the Australian capital has been extended for two weeks as the country continued to battle the third wave of COVID-19 infections.
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