HUMLA, Nov. 19 -- A meeting of the District COVID-19 Crisis Management Committee in Jumla on Wednesday decided to close all academic institutions and restrict inter-rural municipality movement within the district.

The meeting also decided to restrict the entry of people from other districts for the time being in view of the further spread of COVID-19. There is a total of seven rural municipalities in the districts.

The academic institutions in the districts had resumed their classes only three weeks after a hiatus of several months. The meeting has decided to close the academic institutions until further notice.

The decision comes shortly after 51 students at Mahaboudhha Secondary School in the Namtha Rural Municipality that lies in th...