LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday decided to seal eight more areas of Lahore in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.
According to details, 96,229 houses and 1.69 million population will be put under lockdown in all blocks of Gulberg (I, II, III), Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Faisal Town, Garden Town and areas falling under the walled city.
According to the commissioner’s office, 3,613 Covid-19 cases have been reported in these localities. Section 144 has also been imposed to force the residents to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Akbari Mandi, Shah Alam Market and grocery stores will remain open while all the shopping malls will be closed.
So far, 1403 cases have surfaced in DHA, 736 in Gulberg, 659 in Model Town, 188 in Faisal Town, 238 in Garden Town, 212 in Gulshan Ravi and 170 in Walled City.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad administration has also decided to seal I-8, I-10, G-9 and Karachi Company areas due to increasing coronavirus cases.
The moves came after Pakistan confirmed 89 deaths in a single day by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 181,088.
