LALITPUR: Various marketplaces inside the Kathmandu Valley are chock-a-block with shoppers as the festive season has already started and people are ignoring health safety protocols.
With Dashain, Hindu’s greatest festival, just a week away, people are busy shopping, hugely violating rules such as maintaining social distance, wearing face masks and adopting proper sanitization measures.
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Meanwhile, Nepal reported as many as 5,008 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday alone, including 2,672 cases in the Valley.
Here are some photos taken by Republica Photojournalist Monika Malla in the Lagankhel and Mangal Bazaar areas on Saturday.
