KATHMANDU, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has decided to resume scheduled international flights from Sept. 1 after nearly six months of flight suspension, a cabinet minister said on Friday.
The Nepali government has suspended the international flights since March 22 to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. The country had earlier planned to resume the scheduled fights starting from Aug. 17, but the suspension was extended till Aug. 31 amid resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Himalayan country in the recent days.