Vehicles transfer previous a person sporting a protecting masks in opposition to COVID-19 as he waits for the bus in Karachi, Pakistan December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
The pandemic is just not receding and the officers have launched powerful restrictions like closure of markets after 6 pm to convey it below management. Information minister Fawad Chaudhry stated on Saturday that the federal government would await per week and if the state of affairs didn’t enhance, it could impose an entire lockdown.
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Pakistan recorded 5,611 new COVID-19 circumstances on Sunday, pushing the variety of infections to 795,627, whereas the demise toll because of coronavirus has crossed 17,000 mark, in line with the official knowledge. The Ministry of National Health Services stated 118 extra individuals have succumbed to the virus within the final 24 hours, taking the general demise toll to 17,117.
The pandemic is just not receding and the officers have launched powerful restrictions like closure of markets after 6 pm to convey it below management. Information minister Fawad Chaudhry stated on Saturday that the federal government would await per week and if the state of affairs didn’t enhance, it could impose an entire lockdown.
“He (Prime Minister Imran Khan) always wants such a system that the economy keeps moving so at least the poor segments of society don’t come under pressure. But now we would wait for another week and if the situation doesn’t improve, definitely we would have to think about complete lockdown, he said. Prime Minister Khan on Friday urged the people of Pakistan to strictly follow the COVID-19 guidelines, warning that another nationwide lockdown will be imposed if the spiralling coronavirus crisis continues to worsen.
Khan, who was himself affected by the disease last month, warned that major cities would be closed down if the situation continued to deteriorate. “If we (as a nation) do not take precautionary measures, we must impose a lockdown which will even have an effect on our financial system at a time when it’s on the rise, he stated and urged the individuals to observe the SoPs as they did throughout Ramzan final 12 months.
Khan stated he had requested the Pakistan Army to help police and legislation enforcement companies in implementing SOPs.
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