KATHMANDU, June 5: A cabinet meeting held on Thursday entrusted the COVID-19 Crisis Management Committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokharel with the responsibility to prepare a detailed modality to ease the ongoing lockdown enforced earlier to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

NEW DELHI, May 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite also reporting its biggest single-day jump in cases.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Minister for Health and Population, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal has hinted that the ongoing lockdown may be loosened after May 7. The ongoing lockdown which was extended for the fourth time ends on May 7.

PARIS, April 28: France and Spain, two of the worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, were laying out separate roadmaps Tuesday for lifting their lockdowns, while signs emerged the virus has been all but vanquished in New Zealand and Australia.