Covid-19: Lahore announces strict punishment for SOP violations
525 cases registered against people for not wearing masks SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Apr 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 7 hours ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Apr 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 7 hours ago
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Businesses violating coronavirus SOPs in Lahore will be sealed till April 11, Lahore Commissioner (retd) Captain Muhammad Usman said.
He announced that the government will punish people, especially shopkeepers, hotels, and restaurants if they don t follow the government s precautionary measures.
The shops and businesses sealed over violations will not even be allowed to open after the lockdown ends, Commissioner Usman said, directly all deputy commissioners to hand stricter punishments to violators. By not being careful, these people are putting the lives of others at risk.
Coronavirus: Punjab plans to vaccinate population in three-stages
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Punjab prepares three-stage plan to vaccinate over 110 million people
Healthcare workers and people over 65 will get the jab in the first stage
Punjab employing PCR testing, not rapid antigen testing which it says is unreliable
The Punjab government has prepared a three-stage plan to vaccinate its population of over 110 million against the coronavirus, health officials said.
As Pakistan is set to procure doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine in the first quarter of this year, Punjab Pakistan’s most populous province aims to vaccinate its residents in three phases.
The most vulnerable or high-risk individuals will be given the vaccine jab in the first stage, retired Captain Muhammad Usman, secretary Punjab’s primary and secondary healthcare department told a press briefing on Thursday.