People are seen at a gold shop reopened after the local government relaxed its prohibitory orders in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 22, 2021. The authorities in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal decided on Sunday to extend the ongoing lockdown by an additional week till June 28 to help curb COVID-19 infections but relax the provisions of the prohibitory order significantly. XINHUA FILE PHOTO
People are seen at a gold shop reopened after the local government relaxed its prohibitory orders in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 22, 2021. The authorities in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal decided on Sunday to extend the ongoing lockdown by an additional week till June 28 to help curb COVID-19 infections but relax the provisions of the prohibitory order significantly. XINHUA FILE PHOTO


KATHMANDU: The authorities in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ongoing extreme lockdown by seven more days as the South Asian country is facing rising Covid-19 cases in recent days.

As decided jointly by the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts in the valley, the lockdown will be extended once again from Thursday until August 11 by continuing almost all the relaxations in restrictive measures made in past weeks.

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