CM Buzdar appeals to follow SOPs regarding COVID-19 on Eid

Dunya News

He said the impact of coronavirus had been decreased but care was utmost essential

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Friday appealed to the people to celebrate the Eid with simplicity and follow SOPs regarding COVID-19 pandemic.

In his statement issued here, the chief minister said that the impact of coronavirus had been decreased but care was utmost essential, adding that people should maintain social distancing to avoid the virus.

During last 24 hours, 218 have tested positive and two patients have died, he said and added that so far more than 82,526 patients had returned back home after recovery, he further added.

The chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar further said that those engaged in negative politics in the backdrop of COVID- 9 pandemic have faced defeat. The opposition should shun their politics of deceit and stop point-scoring over the coronavirus, he added.

CM Buzdar maintained that anti-corona policy had proved successful and the smart lockdown helped in overcoming the pandemic. It was sanguine that the anti-coronavirus policy of Prime Minister Imran Khan had been acknowledged at the global level, he asserted.

Usman Buzdar said that opposition had no strategy as they have also lost their credibility in the public, adding that opposition leaders engaged in making tall claims had done nothing practically.

The government had undertaken timely decisions while the opposition tried to weaken national unity, the chief minister concluded.