Kathmandu, June 2 -- Amidst signs that the second Covid-19 wave is cresting in Nepal, the government is easing some restrictions in Kathmandu Valley, allowing limited international flights, while its efforts to procure more vaccines from abroad have not been successful.

The numbers needing hospitalisation drops, and with an airlift of oxygen and other medical supplies from abroad continuing, reports from district hospitals and Kathmandu show that medicaloxygen shortageis not as acute as it was throughout May.

The Ministry of Health announced in its day briefing on Wednesday that there were 5,316 new confirmed Covid-19 cases with 7,219 recovering. This brings the total number of active cases to 101,993, with most isolating at home. Of th...