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As the second wave of coronavirus hits Nepal, the number of infections has skyrocketed and almost reached 5,000 in a single 24 hour period on Wednesday. With the number of people infected with COVID-19 has been increasing rapidly, a ban has been imposed in 14 districts of Nepal, including Kathmandu, for a week or more from Thursday. Sewa Bhattarai reports from Kathmandu.

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As the second wave of coronavirus hits Nepal, the number of infections has skyrocketed and almost reached 5,000 in a single 24 hour period on Wednesday. With the number of people infected with COVID-19 has been increasing rapidly, a ban has been imposed in 14 districts of Nepal, including Kathmandu, for a week or more from Thursday. Sewa Bhattarai reports from Kathmandu.

Tens of thousands of people left the Nepalese capital Wednesday a day ahead of a 15-day lockdown imposed by the government because of spiking cases of COVID-19 in the country. The lockdown has been imposed in most of the major cities and towns in the coun
A Nepalese man takes rest as he wait for a bus to go back to his village a day prior lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Source: AP

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