Schools at Humla village closed over infection risk

All schools at Uttari Namkha rural municipality in the Humla district have been closed following the risk of COVID-19.

A rural municipality education committee meeting on Wednesday decided to close all educational institutions at the rural municipality citing the increased risk of a pandemic.

There are 16 community schools and a monastery-run school offering education at the rural municipality, said the rural municipality chairperson Bishnu Lama. The district is in the green zone in terms of the infection intensity but the local government says the risk of COVID-19 has increased of late.