Asia Album: Nepali gov’t ends 4-month lockdown as new COVID-19 cases drop

A man arranges bananas at a fruit stand in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping) KATHMANDU, July 23 (Xinhua) — The Nepali government has decided to formally end the nearly four-month lockdown, allowing almost all economic activities to operate as the country witnesses declining number of new COVID-19 cases in recent days. A cabinet meeting has decided to end the lockdown from Tuesday mid-night. The Nepali government had imposed the nationwide lockdown on March 24, but since June, the government had started relaxing the lockdown gradually and in phase-wise manner. Nepali police officers work at a park in…