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Punjab Expands Restrictions Amid Surge of Coronavirus Infections
Punjab Expands Restrictions Amid Surge of Coronavirus Infections
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Provincial government issues new guidelines, including ban on dining at restaurants and end to all commercial activities by 6 p.m.
The Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department on Saturday issued revised guidelines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, as several cities of the province continue to report a high positivity rate that poses “a serious and imminent threat to public health.”
In an official notification issued to media, the health department said that the restrictions were being imposed under the Punjab Infectious Diseases (Prevention and Control) Act 2020. The new guidelines are as follows:
Third wave of pandemic in Punjab linked to British virus strain
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Third wave of pandemic in Punjab linked to British virus strain
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid has made the revelation that 70% of new coronavirus cases in Lahore and three other districts of Punjab were of the new virus strain that originated in Britain.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore, the Punjab Health Minister said that 70% of the coronavirus cases in Lahore, Jhelum, Okara and Gujarat had the British strain, adding that a large number of people from these districts travel to the UK. She said that while the British and Wuhan viruses are similar in severity, the British strain spreads more rapidly.