Staff Reporter
The Lahore administration has imposed a smart lockdown in as many as six neighbourhoods of the city for ten days after they reported a spike in coronavirus cases.
The areas that have been put under lockdown include: Sector F Street Number 4 Block-A, Askari 10 Street Number 2 Block-A, Street Number 3 Z-Block, Main Ghazi Road Block-S DHA, Street 7 Sarwar Colony, Main Street Fazal park and Shadbagh.
“There has been a constant increase in positivity percentage and prevalence of Covid-19 in the Province of Punjab during last two weeks which poses a serious and imminent threat to public health. Hence, it is mandatory to take all possible safety measures for prevention and control of this disease,” read a notification issued to this effect.
The provincial health secretary ordered that “there shall be ‘controlled entry and exit’ in the areas of district Lahore identified as hotspots of Covid-19.”
All shopping malls will remain closed in the areas that have been under smart lockdown.
