KAPILVASTU: With the increase in the number of COVID-19 infected persons in the district, authorities have adopted high alertness to prevent the alarming outbreak in Kapilvastu.
All local levels in Kapilvastu have placed high alertness after District-based Disaster Management Committee urged people not to come out from their houses except for emergency purposes.
Coronavirus has been confirmed among 40 people so far in eight out of 10 local levels in the district.
Chief District Officer Dirgha Narayan Poudel informed that coronavirus has not been seen in Shibaraj and Maharajgunj municipalities of the district.
He said movement of individuals and vehicles except for essential services has been completely prohibited.
A total of 4,426 people are in quarantines in the district and swab tests of 593 people have been carried out in the district so far.
Chairperson of Yashodhara rural municipality, Girjesh Pandey, said Khoriya village has been sealed off after 12 people of the village tested positive for COVID-19 infection.
Mayor of Kapilvastu municipality Kiran Singh shared that those entering the Kapilvastu municipality would be kept under surveillance and movement has been completely restricted.
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