The Punjab Cabinet’s sub-committee, convened on Wednesday to discuss coronavirus situation, contemplated comprehensive measures to avoid a second wave of Covid-19.
The meeting mulled over the implementation of Covid-19 SOPs in educational institutes and business centres.
Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat while expressing caution that public gatherings could become hotspots of Covid-19 during the meeting said that safeguarding citizens’ lives and health is amongst the top priorities of the government.
He urged upon the people to avoid unnecessary visit to large gatherings to avert second wave of Covid-19 in the country. “People should act responsibly and should not shun precautionary measures,” the law minister stressed and added that the government would strictly implement upon the SOPs.
Raja Basharat said that since the government is responsible to tackle Covid-19 spread, they would take all necessary measures in the interest of the public.
The Punjab Health secretary briefed the participants on the current situation of Covid-19 in the province and facilities made available in hospitals for Coronavirus patients.
Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister Yasmin Rashid said that the number of Covid-19 patients is on the rise with each passing day in the province while the number of patients being treated at the hospitals has also witnessed a surge. “It is in the interest of the masses to implement the SOPs,” Yasmin Rashid underscored.
It is pertinent to mention here that Punjab earlier in the day reported 122 new cases of novel coronavirus and six deaths by the disease during the last 24 hours.
A spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department said that the total number of Covid-19 cases in the province has reached 101,014 with the addition of 122 new cases in the last 24 hours.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Punjab has reached 2,270 as six more patients died from the disease in the last 24 hours, the spokesperson said.
