Kathmandu, Aug. 3 -- As some cities start to reimpose restrictions on people's movement and contact tracing is becoming increasingly difficult following the lifting of the lockdown, experts say that the government seems to be lost in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

"To start with, the government did not listen to experts' suggestions since the early days-neither at the time of imposing the lockdown nor while lifting it," said Dr Baburam Marasini, former director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division.

Now with the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the country, restrictions have been reimposed in at least six cities-Birgunj, Rajbiraj, Biratnagar, Dhangadi, Nepalgunj and Janakpur-by the local authorities.

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