Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have cautioned against the third and deadlier wave of COVID-19 in the backdrop of surge in COVID-19 cases recently.
The new phenomenon according to the Minister for Planning, Commission & Special Initiative Asad Umar is linked to the UK strain that is already known to transmit more easily and spreads faster than the Wuhan (China) strain.
Umar said since Pakistan’s first death in March last year and until now in 2021, the fatality rate saw a clear and sustained increase and “We had speculated that it might be linked to this strain but now the international report has also established it.”
LAHORE: Punjab government has extended smart lockdown in Lahore’s hotspot areas with maximum emergence of COVID-19 cases amidst the rising second wave of coronavirus. According to a.
LAHORE: The Punjab government has extended smart lockdown in the City’s six hot spots in four towns, including Cantonment, Gulberg Town, Samanabad Town and Wagah Town. The smart lockdown has.
Smart lockdown extended in four Punjab cities
National
January 28, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab government has extended smart lockdown in four cities amidst the rising second wave of coronavirus. According to separate notifications issued by Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), Punjab on Wednesday, the smart lockdown has been imposed in hotspot areas of Hafizabad, Gujranwala-Gujrat and Lahore till 3-2-2021, 5-2-2021 and 8-2-2021 respectively. The smart lockdown in Lahore district has been imposed in 16 hotspot areas in six towns including Allama Iqbal Town, Cantonment, Data Gunj Bukhsh Town, Nishtar Town, Samanabad Town and Shalimar Town. In Hafizabad, the smart lockdown is enforced in three hotspot areas while in Gujranwala and Gujrat districts, the smart lockdown has been imposed in one hotspot area each.
Smart lockdown extended in hotspot areas of six cities
Lahore
December 20, 2020
LAHORE : The Punjab government has extended smart lockdown in six cities till December 31 in hotspot areas with maximum emergence of Covid-19 cases amidst rising second wave of coronavirus in the province.
According to separate notifications issued by Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), Punjab, on Saturday, the smart lockdown has been imposed in hotspot areas of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Gujrat and Hafizabad. The smart lockdown is imposed in 22 hotspot areas in five towns of district Lahore including Samanabad Town, Aziz Bhatti Town, Nishtar Town, Allama lqbal Town and Cantt areas.