Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqat told the reporters that around 100 cases were being reported daily from Sector G-9, but after enforcement of ‘smart lockdown’ the number of cases were reduced to 8-9 per day. “It is nothing but benefit of the lockdown as the movement of people has been minimised,” the DC said.
He added that no one was being allowed to unnecessarily go inside or outside the area under lockdown and even movement was being discouraged to reduce the chances of human to human transmission of the deadly virus in the vulnerable areas.
Meanwhile, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) issued a statement saying, “More than 9,827 violations of health guidelines/instructions are observed across the country during the last 24 hours due to which over 963 markets/shops and 18 industries were sealed and 1,186 vehicles impounded, besides imposition of fines.”
Under the tracing, testing and quarantine (TTQ) strategy, 904 lockdowns were imposed in Punjab, 26 in Sindh, 572 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 29 in Azad Kashmir, 10 in Islamabad and five in Gilgit-Baltistan.