Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Pakistan coronavirus update: Govt rules out complete nationwide lockdown

 

In spite of a proceeded with spike in the quantity of new Covid-19 cases, Pakistan's National Coordination Committee (NCC) has precluded forcing a total lockdown in the nation to stem the infection spread.

The choice was taken during a gathering of the NCC on Tuesday managed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, reports Dawn news.

The NCC additionally supported all the measures declared before the end of last month by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), which included exacting usage of the standard working techniques (SOP) at public spots and decrease in timings for business sectors and business exercises.

It likewise chose to proceed with the savvy lockdown strategy.

Tending to the media here on Tuesday, Khan stated: "We have concluded that we won't shut down organizations and enterprises. If there should arise an occurrence of the ascent in Covid cases, we will close just those things which don't harm the ventures.

"Else, we will maintain the organizations and enterprises, yet with SOPs."

He likewise spoke to general society to wear face veils to evade spread of the pandemic.

As indicated by the NCOC, Pakistan detailed an aggregate of 1,167 new Covid cases and 14 passings over the most recent 24 hours, Dawn news revealed.

With the most recent counts, the nation's general caseload and loss of life remained at 337,029 and 6,857, separately.

A large portion of the new cases were accounted for in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Hyderabad, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Peshawar and Quetta.

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