20 Cities Across Pakistan With Coronavirus Hotspots Identified

The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has named 20 cities across the country with potential Covid-19 hotspots employing a method called 'testing, tracing and quarantining (TTQ)'. A press release issued by the government states that this strategy entails increasing testing and then immediately tracing those who have been in contact with the confirmed coronavirus positive cases. The third step is effectively quarantining both coronavirus patients and suspected cases.

The 20 cities identified by the NCOC for implementation of the aforementioned strategy are as follows:

Lahore
Quetta
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Islamabad
Faisalabad
Multan
Gujranawala
Swat
Hyderabad
Sukkur
Sialkot
Gujarat
Ghotki
Larkana
Khairpur
Dera Ghazi Khan
Malakand
Mardan