Sunday, June 14, 2020

Nepal continues suspension of flights until July 5

Nepal has extended – for the seventh time – suspension of domestic and international flights until July 5.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation today confirmed that all domestic and international flights will remain suspended until July 5. “All domestic and international flights will remain suspended until July 5,” tourism secretary Kedar Bahadur Adhikari tweeted.
The government first imposed the nationwide lockdown on March 24 and suspended domestic and international commercial flights to prevent and control the spread of Covid-19. And the government has been extending the suspension to contain the spread of Covid-19 that has claimed 19 till today.
Nepal today reported one more Covid-19 death and 425 new cases, taking the national tally to 5,760, and death toll to 19 as a 36-year-old man from Gulmi, who was undergoing treatment at an isolation facility in Resunga Municipality, succumbed to the disease on June 13,” according to the spokesperson of Health Ministry Dr Jageshwor Gautam. Addressing a regular press meet today, he said, adding that that the deceased was receiving treatment after tests conducted at the Provincial Public Health Laboratory in Rupandehi showed him positive for Covid-19. His travel history revealed that he had returned from India and was also a cancer patient.

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