KATHMANDU: The Cabinet meeting held on Saturday has decided to extend the COVID-19 lockdown until June 14 in the wake of increasing number of infections in the country.

Furthermore, it has also been learnt that the Nepali Army will be mobilised in highly affected and required areas to effectively implement the lockdown.

A meeting of the national security council had taken place prior to the meeting of the council of ministers.

The prior imposed nationwide lockdown, decreed to curtail the potential spread of of the COVID-19 contagion, was to mature on June 2.

Furthermore, all domestic and international flights have been suspended till June 30.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, held on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Rajan Kafle/Prime Minister's Secretariat