All sorts of prohibitory orders issued earlier in the Kathmandu Valley following the increase in COVID-19 have been lifted with the decreasing trend of virus of late.
The prohibitory orders will be removed from March 5. All three districts in the valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur) confirmed this on Friday. With this, activities relating to politics, economy, society, education and other professions will resume full-fledged by following the health protocols.
The order to remove the prohibitory order has been made by exercising rights given by the Local Administration Act, 2028, the Infectious Disease Act, 2020, the smart lockdown procedure, 2078 for risk control, regulation and prohibition of COVID-19, recommendations of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Coordination Centre, and the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers, it is stated.
The three district administration offices thanked the people for helping the government in the prevention and control of the virus by abiding by the prohibitory orders.
COVID-19 update: 126 new cases with one death
Total 126 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours across the country.
It came to light through PCR and antigen tests performed on 8,933 people during the same period, according to the Ministry of Health and Population. With this, the total number of COVID-19 infection has reached 977,380 in the country till now.
Similarly, during the same period 385 infected ones got recovery, taking the recovery caseload to 985,193. The recovery rate is 98.0 percent, said the Ministry.
Currently, there are altogether 7,242 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.
Meanwhile, a person died due to contagion in a day, taking the death toll to 11,945. Also today, 37,192 people were vaccinated against the deadly infection, informed the Ministry.
