Though the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread alarmingly across all states of Nepal, only 14 districts are reported to be extremely affected by the resurgence.<\/p>\n
Issuing a public statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) classified 14 districts, among the total of 77, as the \u2018worst-hit districts<\/strong>‘ in the country.<\/p>\n The \u2018extremely affected\u2019 districts include Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Rupandehi, Kaski, Banke, Chitwan, Kailali, Parsa, Dang, Morang, Bara, Surkhet, and Banglung.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amid the rapid spike in infection cases in these districts, the MoHP has advised students not to go to schools. However, a secretary-level meeting held lately did not take any decision regarding the closure of educational institutions amid the second wave.<\/p>\n Likewise, the Ministry also urged people to avoid sports activities, gymnasiums, public worship at temples, fairs, conferences, meetings and gatherings, cinemas, shopping, party palaces, health clubs, and swimming pools.<\/p>\n People are also advised to restrict themselves from going to restaurants and clubs after 7 PM. However, the Ministry has not imposed any new lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the National Examination Board (NEB) has postponed the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) and Grade 12 examinations until further notice in view of the crisis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As per the schedule, the SEE was supposed to be conducted from May 27, and the Class 12 examinations from June 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread alarmingly across all states of…<\/span><\/p>\n