The district health office on Saturday said that a “mini” lockdown will be imposed in certain areas of Islamabad from Sunday.

A notification was issued which stated that the federal capital’s areas including G-9/4, G-10/4, I-8/2, and NPF will put under a “mini” lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus.

The district health urged the people to cooperate with health and security officials during the “mini” lockdown period.

⚠️1st phase of Mini lockdown:

The hotspot areas includes:
“G-9/4, G-10/4, I-8/2 and NPF”

A few streets will be sealed for now to curtail the spread of virus.
🤝Cooperate with health officials and with the security persons in the times of lockdown.@dcislamabad @nhsrcofficial

— District Health Office Islamabad (@DhoIslamabad) October 10, 2020

Islamabad’s district health department had recommended the government to impose a lockdown in the capital’s areas where the spread of coronavirus is increasing.

“Street numbers 25 and 29 in sector I-8/2 and street numbers 85 and 89 of sector G-9/4 have the same trend of increasing COVID-19 cases,” the notification stated.

It should be mentioned here that 17,210 coronavirus infections, 188 deaths, and 16,279 recoveries were recorded in Islamabad so far.