Kathmandu, July 9 -- Nearing the 15th week of the lockdown is a decisive milestone to take stock of how Nepal is positioned vis-a-vis the coronavirus pandemic.

The epicentres have been shifting across the world, with some countries like the United States "knee-deep in the first wave", as the country's top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci described it this week.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsanaro, who refused to let his country deal seriously with the pandemic even as it became the country with the second highest death toll, himself tested positive this week. In India, the virus has spiked in the country's metros with record daily cases just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi started relaxing the lockdown last month.

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