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Four local levels in Chitwan issue prohibitory order against COVID-19


16 August 2020  

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CHITWAN: Four local levels in eastern Chitwan have decided to issue restrictive orders considering the risk of coronavirus spread.

Ratnanagar, Kalika, Khairhani, and Rapti municipalities have decided to enforce the prohibitory measures for a week beginning Sunday midnight.

A joint meeting of the local authorities on Sunday took a decision to this regard.

Rapti Municipality Mayor Prabha Baral said the Chief District Officer (CDO) has also been apprised of the decision.

She said that they have no alternative to implementing the restrictive measures against the virus as it continues to further in the region.

CDO Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said he has been requested for the prohibitory order by four local levels in the eastern Chitwan.

With this, the district administration is issuing the order today through a notice.

Besides, the meeting has agreed to build a COVID-19 isolation facility at the Bakulahar Ratnagar Hospital and demand for the establishment of a COVID-19 laboratory in Ratnagar, according to Mayor Baral.

Publish Date : 16 August 2020 14:21 PM

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