Travel permission declared mandatory for COVID-19 recovered patients

Dunya News

COVID-19 recovered patients will now need permission letter for travelling in and outside province.

LAHORE (Web Desk) - Punjab government has introduced a new rule for containing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic as the authorities restricted the recovered patients to get permission letter first before travelling in and outside the province.

The home department announced that the recovered patients of coronavirus will now need a special permission letter for travelling including those belonging to parts of the country and willing to enter into Punjab.

The citizens of Punjab, who have recovered from the virus, will need a permission letter from the concerned authorities to travel to other provinces. Moreover, the patients discharged from the quarantine centres in other provinces will be allowed to enter into Punjab if they possessed mandatory permission letter from the government.

According to the home department, the recovered people could travel after getting the permission from deputy commissioners from their districts. The home department issued the directives to the chief secretaries and police chiefs of the provinces.