Kathmandu, May 2 -- Nepal's government decided on Sunday to suspend all domestic flights from Tuesday morning and international flights from 5 May midnight, as daily Covid-19 cases rose to an all-time high.

The Covid-19 Control and Management Committee had recommended these measures as the number of new cases and daily fatalities continue to spike in the country, with Kathmandu Valley especially badly affected.

The government is also expected to announce further restrictions on the two-week lockdown that it announced on 29 April. There was still heavy movement of people and traffic in the streets of the capital despite the lockdown because of the exceptions for people with passes. The district administration is said to be planning to st...