A meeting of the District Crisis Management Center held on May 6  decided to impose a prohibitory order on the market area of the Saptari district from May 8 midnight. The prohibitory order will be imposed in Rajbiraj, Topa, Hanuman Nagar, Bhardaha, Baramjhiya, Kanchanpur, Fatehpur, Mahuli, Virendra Bazar, Rupni, Kathaunna, Kalyanpur, Kharchuhiya, Kadarbona, Pato, Bodebasain, Sakhada, and other market areas.

The meeting also decided to conduct contact tracing and swab collection of the infected at the local level and also gave the local police the right to seal the infected area. Similarly, the administration has requested the closure of private clinics run by doctors working in government hospitals and to monitor the compliance of health standards in clinics run by other doctors. It has also been decided to prepare for the isolation of two private hospitals in the district, Chhinnamasta and Unique Hospital.