Nepal Lockdown : Rules you Must need to know.

Nepal will go on a lockdown for a week.

Since The Ministry of Health said on Press Conference that a 19-year-old Nepali student who had returned from France had tested positive for Covid-19 After an hour of Second positive case, Government announced to lockdown entire nation.for a week In an eight-point order released by the committee, all public movement outside of the home, except to seek medical attention or purchase essential foodstuff, has been prohibited. All public and private vehicles, except for those with prior permission, those belonging to security forces and those for health workers, are also forbidden from the streets.Source: The Kathmandu Post 

In more detail:

• No one is allowed to leave their houses except for urgent matters such as medical emergency, purchase of daily consumable essential items.

• All vehicular movement of private and public sectors will be halted except emergency vehicles, including those holding special permits, security personnel and medics.

• All domestic commercial flights will be grounded except the ones used by security agencies.

• Other than employees working in essential sectors such as health, security, consumable goods, drinking water, dairy, electricity, telecommunication, customs, quarantine, waste management, employees working in other sectors will only be mobilised as per the need by their respective offices.

• Other than employees working in industries including pharmaceuticals and health equipment, food items, drinking water, dairy, petroleum, provision must be made to grant leave to those working in other private sector industries and factories during the outbreak.

• Traders must ensure regular procurement of medicine and other medical items. Government will take stern action against traders involved in creating artificial shortage, black-marketing and hoarding essential and life-saving drugs during the difficult times. Government will seize the stocked items and mobilise them in the treatment of patients during the outbreak.

• To implement this decision in line with Clause 2 and Sub-clause 2 of the Infectious Disease Act, the government will mobilise all the Chief District Officers across the country, and if need be, will also make use of the provisions mentioned in the Local Administration Act (2028 BS).

• If anyone is found violating the directives, the government will take stern actions against them under the prevailing laws.

Source: The Himalayan Times