Kathmandu, June 5
The government is likely to relax lockdown measures imposed to control the coronavirus outbreak in the country by Sunday, starting off with the districts that have recorded less than 100 cases.
It is highly likely that a cabinet meeting to be held by Sunday will make a decision to this effect.
Of late, the government is under pressure to loosen the restrictions as it has crippled the national economy and affected the lives of daily wage earners.
Accordingly, the government has devised a plan to relax the restrictions beginning Sunday (June 7) in some of the districts. It has divided businesses into five categories to gradually open them up one after another. If everything goes as planned, the districts with less than 100 cases will go back to normalcy in the next two months.
The high-level committee on coronavirus control consisting of Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel and some other key ministers discussed the strategy to relax the lockdown on Friday. The committee will finalise it and forward it to the cabinet, seeking endorsement.
Despite the relaxation, the government will bar the people from organising any gathering, event, party, or celebration that would attract more than 25 people till mid-August. Likewise, theatres, cinema halls, fitness centres, and other entertainment centres will not open.
