The health authorities recommended smart lockdown in 10 localities of Rawalpindi district from where the delta variant cases have been reported. Reuters/File
RAWALPINDI: As many as 15 people were diagnosed with the delta variant of Covid-19 in the Rawalpindi district, said Divisional Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah on Thursday.
He asked the health authority to take precautionary measures and urged the citizens to get themselves vaccinated as soon as possible to avoid further spread of the virus.
“All government employees should submit their vaccination certificate by July 15 otherwise their salaries will be stopped,” he stated this at a meeting held to review the Covid-19 situation.
ISLAMABAD: The number of Covid-19 cases and the positivity rate once again increased in the capital on Tuesday.
In the last 24 hours, 1,519 tests were conducted and 79 people were found infected with the positivity rate of 5.2pc.
On Monday, 1,771 tests had been conducted and the positivity rate was 2.99pc.Out of the total 79 cases, 22 were reported in the age group of 30-39, 14 in 0-9, 12 in 20-29, nine in 40-49, eight in 10-19, seven in 50-59, four in 60-69 and three in 70-79.
Nine cases were reported from Loi Bher, six from G-9, five each from Bhara Kahu, F-10, four each from F-11, Rawat, three each from Tarlai, G-11, F-8, Sohan, Alipur, two each from I-8, G-13, F-6 and one each from G-10, Khanna, G-6, I-10, G-7, Chak Shahzad, F-7, I-9, Koral, Chirrah, G-12 and H-8.
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Sub-inspector Arshad Mehmood worked with the Punjab police for the last 37 years and was posted to the Jhelum traffic police. Dawn archives
ISLAMABAD: After a month, the murder case of a police official has been registered at the Loi Bher police station of Islamabad.
The case was registered in response to a complaint lodged by a brother of the deceased.
Sub-inspector Arshad Mehmood worked with the Punjab police for the last 37 years and was posted to the Jhelum traffic police.
He was found unconscious in his car at PWD Colony by a passerby at 7pm on May 26. Rescue 1122 later shifted him to Pims where he died.