A meeting of the District Crisis Management Committee held on August 14 decided to issue lockdown in the Dolakha district from 6 am on Saturday to August 22. Except for urgent work, going out of the house and operating vehicles across the district has been completely banned. Chief District Officer Bhim Kant Sharma said that some localities are found infected with COVID-19 thus decided to lock down the district to prevent the further spread of the infection and make the control effective.