The government on Saturday imposed a temporary ban on the entry of tourists in Shogran, Naran and Kaghan amid a heavy snowfall forecast by the Pakistan Meteorological Department. According to the notification from the office of the Deputy Commissioner Mansehra, Tehsil Balakot, Naran, Kaghan and Shogran have been closed for all kind of traffic due to the extreme weather conditions. The movement from Balakot upward would be “injurious” for people, it said. So far, more than 2.5 feet of snowfall have been recorded in Shogran and the valley has been already overly crowded, DC Qasim Khan said. The deputy commissioner has imposed the restriction following the Murree tragedy. At l.
Smart lockdown imposed in five more sectors in Islamabad
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The areas included G-7/2, Soan Garden and Qurtaba Town.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Smart lockdown has been imposed in five more sectors in Islamabad today (Monday) due to increasing cases of coronavirus in the federal capital.
The areas included G-7/2, Soan Garden and Qurtaba Town.
The decision came after reported 15 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 975,092. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 22,597 on Monday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 1,808 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Islamabad saw four deaths while nine patients succumbed to the virus in the garrison city.
The officials of the capital administration said that 564 new cases were reported on Wednesday compared to 659 on Tuesday.
During the last 24 hours, 6,722 tests were conducted in the capital, out of which tests of 302 men and 262 women came back positive. The positivity rate remained at 8.39pc compared to 8.79pc the previous day.
The death toll from Covid-19 in the capital has reached 588, after four more deaths were reported on Wednesday, the officials said.
Two of them were residents of G-11 and one each were from G-8 and Tarnol, the officials said.
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