Kathmandu, May 13 -- Foreign tourists are waiting anxiously to get out of Kathmandu after the government extended the lockdown by two weeks, and cancelled all flights following a surge in coronavirus infections.

Officials at the Nepal Tourism Board said their mobile hotlines were ringing constantly with calls from frantic tourists asking about repatriation or charter flights.

Nepal's tourism promotional body, which has activated its crisis management and communications unit to help tourists, said the visitors were worried they might be stuck in the country while it faces the brutal second wave of the pandemic that has left a trail of sickness and death.

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