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Chandragiri Town has been completely sealed for 4 days beginning with 12:00 pm today, following five confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Nagdhunga checkpoint, the main entry indicate Kathmandu valley, likewise lies in the town.
The municipality decided to this impact in a bid to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
The municipality will stay sealed up until May 20.
Car and individuals & s movement, other than for emergency circumstance, inside the regional level has actually been prohibited.
Cars bring everyday essentials will be permitted to ply the highway that goes through the regional level.
Such automobiles, nevertheless, will not be allowed to load and unload any items inside the municipality.
Ghanashyam Giri, mayor of the town stated they were required to adopt stringent measure as most of the cars from across the nation passed through the regional level to get in Kathmandu valley.
& We have, therefore, put a ban on all type of movement inside the municipality, & he said, adding that in case of emergency situation, individuals would need to first inform about the problem to regional agents and keep social distancing if they had to come out of their houses.
All type of stores, offices, markets, building and construction works, other than pharmacies and health care centres and medical facilities will remain closed.
The municipality has likewise urged its residents to keep record of people staying in their homes as tenants.
The city government has also said any occupant, who has recently returned from corona-hit areas however was preventing self-isolation or quarantine, would be penalized based on the new instructions provided by the Ministry of Health and Population.
The town has likewise asked house owners not to lease their spaces up until additional notification.
3 children, all below 10 years of age, a 32-year-old male and a 33-year-old woman from different places of the municipality such as Satungal, Dahachowk, Balambu and Machchhegaun have actually evaluated favorable for COVID-19.
A version of this short article appears in e-paper on Might 17, 2020 of The Himalayan Times.
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