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Karachi: Micro smart lockdown imposed in more localities

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Karachi lockdown imposed

In the wake of Coronavirus’ second wave in Pakistan, the authorities have imposed a micro smart lockdown in a number of localities in Karachi’s District West for 14-days.

According to a notification, the deputy commissioner has put six Union Councils of the district under micro lockdown effective from 5th to 19th January 2021.

The areas that will be locked down include six UCs of Manghopir, Mominabad and Orangi Town.

  1. People living in these areas will have to adhere to the following SOPs:
  2. Anyone entering or exiting these areas will have to wear a mask
  3. Unnecessary movement shall be restricted
  4. All businesses in these areas will ensure COVID-19 SOPs are followed in letter and spirit
  5. No private/family get-together will be allowed
  6. No gathering of three or more persons will be allowed in public spaces
  7. All persons afflicted with the virus will quarantine themselves and would not be allowed to mingle with others until they test negative

However, the novel coronavirus claimed 12 more lives and infected as many as 855 people during the past 24 hours in Sindh.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a statement said that 12 more people died from the coronavirus during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll from the disease to 3,623 in the province.

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Rise In Virus Cases: Peshawar Imposes Smart Lockdown In Various Localities

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Peshawar lockdown

Following the second and more dangerous wave of Coronavirus pandemic, the local administration of Peshawar has on Friday imposed a smart lockdown in several localities.

According to a notification issued, several areas of Peshawar have been declared as coronavirus hotspots and put under lockdown with immediate effect.

Areas that have been put under smart lockdown are Tajabad, Sadiqabad, Qamber Khel, Darmangi and various streets of Hayatabad.

On December 24, more eight patients died due to the deadly pandemic during the past 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), taking the death toll to 1,585 in the province.

According to the statistics issued by the KP health department, 384 more people had tested positive for the COVID-19 overnight, bringing the total number of the cases to 56,544.

However, 611 more patients had recuperated from the disease during the past 24 hours in the province.

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Christmas 2020: NCOC rolls out COVID-19 guidelines to ensure people’s safety

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Christmas 2020 special guidelines

Ahead of the Christmas festivities 2020, the National Command Operation Center (NCOC) has rolled out COVID-19 precautionary guidelines.

According to the details, NCOC has issued guidelines on how to spend Christmas holidays and carry out religious rites with caution to avoid spreading COVID-19 in the country.

The purpose of these guidelines is to make sure people’s safety and thus it is advised to avoid unnecessarily travelling in the holidays.

The NCOC also cautioned that people avoid visiting ceremonies and gatherings which may turn out to be novel coronavirus spreaders.

NCOC said people must take due measures and not choose to go to crowded spaces and markets for Christmas shopping and underlined the case spike amid the second wave of the global pandemic.

Preventing large family gatherings is also advised by NCOC while it cautioned against shake hands and embraces.

Also, the COVID monitoring body also instructed keeping one-meter distance in the churches while worships and rituals.

Moreover, the federal government has decided the strict implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) across the country after witnessing a consistent rise in novel coronavirus infections and fatalities during its second wave.

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Schools Closed Till January 10, Notification Issued

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Schools

All schools in the Province Sindh will remain closed till January 10 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. A notification issued by the Sindh Education Department said that the school administration would be allowed to continue the online classes till December 24. It may be recalled that the decision to close schools was taken at … Read more

Educational institutions to close from November 26 across Pakistan

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Private Schools

All educational institutions across the state will offer home-based education from November 26 to December 24. However, schools will remain open during this time, but children will not have to attend the classes. Schools can call the children one day a week if they want, but the provinces can make their own policy in this … Read more

Final decision to be made regarding educational institutions today

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educational institutions

During the second wave of coronavirus, the federal government will take an important decision today (Monday) regarding the educational institutions. According to the details, the Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair a session of education ministers today of all provinces, AJ&K, and Gilgit-Baltistan to make decisions about the constitution of academic sessions. The provincial … Read more

Coronavirus: NCC to deliberate on additional COVID-19 measures

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Asad Umar

Federal Minister for planning Asad Umar said on Monday that a meeting for the National Coordination Committee has been called to discuss additional measures to overcome the increasing coronavirus cases. As per the details, Asad Umar took to Twitter and said that the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) discussed additional measures today to control … Read more

Man gets coronavirus twice, second wave proved ‘more severe’

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coronavirus Pakistan

The coronavirus pandemic is increasing rapidly in the US. A man has contracted Covid-19 twice, with the second infection becoming more tragic than the first. Doctors reported that the 25-year-old man required hospital treatment after his lungs could not get sufficient oxygen into his body. He tested positive for the second time and is hypoxic … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry urges parties to postpone public gatherings to stem second wave of virus

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Fawad Chaudhry Tweet

Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science and Technology, on Saturday urges political parties to postpone their planned public gatherings for at least three months to prevent the spread of COVID-19’s second wave.

In a Twitter post, he said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Coronavirus has issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs).

It has restricted weddings in terms of both numbers of guests and duration of the function and other events in view of the second wave of the deadly virus in Pakistan.

Fawad said political parties should demonstrate a sense of responsibility and postpone their public gathers for a period of three months. He also urged the opposition to put off their anti-government movement until next year.

Earlier, the NCOC had observed that the coronavirus situation can become worse if SOPs are violated by wedding halls. The command centre also rolled out a set of new guidelines to prevent the resurgence of cases.

As per the new SOPs, only 300 guests inside halls and 500 guests for an outdoor function will be allowed. The duration of ceremonies also reduced to two hours.

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