Bhaktapur, August 15 : A lockdown has been enforced in the Madhyapur Thimi municipality area here in the district on Saturday (August 15) after the detection of coronavirus infection at the community level.
An emergency meeting of the municipality chaired by the mayor Madan Sundar Shrestha decided to impose the lockdown in the municipality until August 25. The meeting was attended by the deputy mayor Anjana Devi Madhikarmi, the ward chairpersons of all the municipality’s wards and the members of municipal executive.
The municipality opted for the restrictions after 41 persons in the municipality tested positive for coronavirus, mayor Shrestha said. Shops selling essentials as foodstuff, water, LPG and medicines would be allowed to open only for two hours from 11 am to 1 pm while the operations of others businesses have been prohibited.
