Kathmandu. All three district administrations in the Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ban on corona virus infection for a week. As per the new decision, the injunction will remain in force till midnight on July 7.

As per the decision of the administration, public vehicles with a capacity of more than 25 seats will be allowed to operate in the Kathmandu Valley on the basis of push-pull system. The vehicles will be available from 6 am to 7 pm. Chief District Officer of Lalitpur Dhundi Prasad Niraula said that the vehicles have been allowed to operate from Tuesday while maintaining physical distance.

The district administrations have given conditional permission to operate the service after intense pressure from transport businessmen. At present, private vehicles are operating in three districts of the Kathmandu Valley.

Lalitpur CDO Niraula said that other restrictions and loose provisions imposed earlier in the injunction are still in force. “At present, it has been decided to allow public transport with a capacity of more than 25 seats to operate at a physical distance,” Niraula said.

He said that the ban was continued as there was no significant corona virus infection in the valley. “Based on the conclusion that the transition will increase again when public transport is opened at once, we have made it a little easier now,” Niraula said.

What is the condition of Kathmandu Valley?

According to the Ministry of Health, 8,508 people are actively infected in the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley till Sunday. There are 4,391 active infections in Kathmandu, 1,732 in Bhaktapur and 2,385 in Lalitpur. According to the ministry’s data at 4 pm on Sunday, 292 people were confirmed infected in Kathmandu, 100 in Lalitpur and 32 in Bhaktapur.

The country’s active infection dropped to 40,000

As of Sunday, the virus infection rate in Nepal is 19.1 percent. There are more than 500 active infected people in 25 districts. The number of active infected people in 30 different districts is over 200.

On Sunday, 9,836 samples (antigen and PCR) were tested and 1,920 people were infected. The active number of infected people in the country has dropped to 40,336.