Pakistan to seal city areas across region to stem COVID-19 spread
16 June, 2020
Pakistani authorities said they'll re-impose strict lockdowns in selected areas of several places from Monday night time, a day following the authorities said COVID-19 cases could multiply eightfold by the finish of July and strike 1.2 million.
The South Asian country lifted its countrywide lockdown on May 9, citing economic stress, and has since seen infection rates rise from 1-in-10 tests to a lot more than 1-in-5.
"A complete of 20 places across Pakistan have already been recognized as having likely upsurge in ratio/quickness of infection which needs restrictive procedures for containment," a affirmation by your body that coordinates the national response to the virus explained on Monday (Jun 15).
Pakistan has reported 144,477 situations of the respiratory condition and 2,729 deaths up to now.
On the other hand, the rate of daily instances has been rising fast in the united states of 207 million, a spot noted by the Environment Well being Organisation in a letter to Pakistani authorities the other day.
Primary Minister Imran Khan eliminated a good nationwide lockdown on Saturday.
Among the cities that may see fresh restrictions may be the densely populated eastern metropolis of Lahore, the administrative centre of Pakistan's largest province Punjab.
A senior official told Reuters several areas of Lahore will be sealed for two weeks, with entry or exit barred, and government-issued safety rules will be enforced in marketplaces using paramilitary forces.
Elements of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, as well as Peshawar, will dsicover similar methods, provincial and national officials said, with an increase of cities likely to follow suit.
On Sunday, Planning Minister Asad Umar stated cases could double by the finish of June to 300,000, and reach 1 million to at least one 1.2 million by the end of July if current tendencies continued.
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