Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- Health officials have recommended another lockdown in Kathmandu Valley, as the risk of coronavirus spread has risen several fold since the end of nation-wide lockdown on July 21.

Thousands of people have been entering the Valley every day from across the country as well as from India, and the number of people testing positive among them is growing.

"We cannot rule out another lockdown in the Valley if the number of cases keeps rising at the current rate," an official at the Covid-19 Crisis Management Center told the Post.

Officials at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division have also recommended that the Health Ministry impose another lockdown in the Valley. "The infection rate in the Valley will go out of co...