NCOC directs to wear face masks, follow SOPs against Covid-19
Members of NCOC met in Islamabad with Minister for Planning Asad Umar in the chair.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Wednesday has directed the provinces to ensure compliance of wearing of face masks and other standard operating procedures (SOPs) against Covid-19 particularly in markets, shopping malls, public transport and restaurants.
According to details, the members of NCOC met in Islamabad with Minister for Planning Asad Umar in the chair.
The forum has decided that weaning of face mask is mandatory both in government and private offices. The meeting was briefed that the positivity ratio of coronavirus cases has increased in eleven major cities of the country.
At present, four thousand three hundred and seventy-four smart lockdowns have been imposed across the country.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 14 deaths in last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 330,200. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 6,759.
As per latest figures by the NCOC, 825 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
Till now 144,449 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 103,314 in Punjab, 39,189 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19,300 in Islamabad, 15,859 in Balochistan, 3,889 in Azad Kashmir and 4,200 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 2,604 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Sindh, 2,342 in Punjab, 1,271 in KP, 149 in Balochistan, 214 in Islamabad, 92 in GB and 87 in Azad Kashmir.
Pakistan has so far conducted 4,347,155 coronavirus tests and 29,477 in last 24 hours. 311,814 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 611 patients are in critical condition.
