Smart lockdown in six Lahore areas as coronavirus cases increase

• Six areas of Lahore under a smart lockdown
• It will last for the next two weeks
• Punjab health department issues advisory for residents of six areas

LAHORE: A smart lockdown has been imposed in six localities of Lahore after a rise in the number of coronavirus cases was reported.

The Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Care Department issued a notification for it on Tuesday.

The following six areas will be under the smart lockdown:

1. Street Number 1, Ali View Garden, Baidian Road in Cantt
2. Street No 7 and 20, A Block, Phase 5, DHA in Cantt
3. Street 21, W Block Phase 3, DHA in Cantt 
4. Main Street, Block C1, Faisal Town in Gulberg
5. Street from House No 156 to 167, Chenab Block, Allama Iqbal Town in Samanabad
6. Abdullah Street, A Block, Al Ahmed Garden, Manawan in Wahga

These areas will be sealed for the next two weeks. Entry and exit points have been closed. 

There has been a constant increase in the positivity percentage and prevalence of COVID-19 cases across Punjab in the last two weeks which poses a serious threat to public health, the notification read.

Read more: Pakistan's coronavirus death toll crosses 12,000-mark

It gave the SOPs of the smart lockdown in detail with timings for grocery stores, fruits and vegetable shops, and petrol pumps, what can stay open and what cannot.

You can read the details here

Last year, the government decided to impose smart lockdowns in areas actively reporting cases of the deadly virus.

Pakistan is presently battling the second wave of coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, over 1,000 new cases were reported countrywide while 40 people lost their lives.