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May 10, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said here on Sunday that the positivity ratio in Punjab has shown a declining trend over the past week, but it is still over 8% in 26 districts and Eid days are extremely important to stop the spread of the pandemic.
Speaking at the weekly press briefing at 90-Shahra-i-Quaid-Azam, she said in the last 24 hours, there were 1,838 positive cases and 81 people lost their lives. She said just over 15,000 tests were performed in the last 24 hours. She said the positivity ratio is still on higher side in southern districts. The positivity ratio in Rajanpur is 25%, Rahim Yar Khan 23%, Bhakkar 22%, Chiniot 20%, Chakwal 18%, Faisalabad 17%, Sargodha 16%, Lahore 15%, Sahiwal 14%, Mianwali 14%, Jhang 13%, Attock 12%, Bahawalpur 11%, Khushab 11%, Gujranwala 10%, Dera Ghazi Khan 9%, Toba Tek Singh 9%, Kasur 9%, Okara 9%, Gujrat 9%, Khanewal 9%, Mandi Bahauddin 9%, Rawalpindi 9%, Multan 8%, Sheikhupura 8% and Muzaffargarh 8%
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May 8, 2021
MANSEHRA: District administration has warned traders to abide by the week-long lockdown being imposed in the district by the order of the provincial government, otherwise the law would take its due course.
“I expect complete cooperation from you to ensure the enforcement of lockdown in letter and spirit from May 8 to 16, otherwise the violators would be taken to task under the relevant laws,” Dr Qasim Ali Khan, the deputy commissioner, told traders’ central body here on Friday.
The office-bearers and other members of the business community, led by their president Malik Shakeel Awan, met the deputy commissioner at his office and discussed with him the matters related to the lockdown.
Atleast 120 more die from coronavirus in Pakistan
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A woman shops at a market, wearing a mask. AFP
Pakistan reported 120 more deaths from coronavirus, taking the national death toll to 18,797 on Saturday, according to the figures provided by the National Command and Operation Centre(NCOC).
About 4,109 more people contracted the infection, increasing the total caseload to 854,240 nationwide.
The daily data issued by NCOC showed that Pakistan carried out 48,103 COVID-19 tests, out of which more than 4,000 returned positive.
Punjab currently leads the provinces and federating units in most cases with 316,334, Sindh is second with 290,756 cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 123,150 cases, Islamabad 77,684 cases, Balochistan 23,186 cases, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 17,763 cases, and Gilgit Baltistan 5367 cases.
The police department has deployed 6,000 personnel in all the eight districts of the Hazara division to check violation of precautions against Covid-19. AFP/File
ABBOTTABAD: The police department has deployed 6,000 personnel in all the eight districts of the Hazara division to check violation of precautions against Covid-19 and to stop the movement of tourists in Galiyat, Naran and Kaghan during the Eid days.
An official said a high-level meeting chaired by DIG Hazara Mir Vas reviewed the security arrangements for Eid days. The meeting also took up promotions of the police officials.
The official said the meeting decided to establish 100 checkposts to keep a watch on criminals.
Pindi goes under lockdown today
Police personnel deployed at all entrance and exit points
Shops on Murree Road were closed by the authorities in compliance with the weekend lockdown order (left), but the Bara Ba-zaar carried out business activities in full swing on Saturday. PHOTOS: EXPRESS/AGHA MEHROZ
RAWALPINDI:
A plan has been finalised to ensure complete lockdown in Rawalpindi during the Eid holidays, according to district officials. The officials said that the police would set up five pickets to prevent tourists from reaching Malika Kohsar Murree and other tourist sites in the Rawalpindi division.
The personnel deployed at the pickets will monitor citizens leaving Rawalpindi as they would not be allowed to re-enter until the end of the holidays. The district officials said that during Eid holidays, all recreational places including Murree, Kotli Satyan etc as well as public parks will remain closed. District officers will remain present in the field during the Eid holidays