LAHAN, Aug 7: After witnessing community level COVID-19 transmission, the local government has decided to impose lockdown orders in Lahan Municipality from Friday evening.
A decision to this effect was made to curb the further spread of the virus, according to the Municipal Office.
“A man from Lahan-8, who had travelled to Birgunj tested positive for COVID-19 earlier. And in order to ease the contact tracing and increase the scope of testing, the Municipality will go into Lockdown,” said mayor of the municipality, Muni Sah Sudi.
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People in the region are gripped with the fear of community transmission of the disease.
During the lockdown period, the markets will be permitted to operate from 8 to 11 am in the morning to buy daily essentials and only the vehicles with the permission of the government will be allowed to ply the roads. However, the section of the East-West highway in the municipality will remain open.
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