ISLAMABAD, July 9 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani government imposed smart lock-down at 227 places in 30 cities across the country, that were acting as hot-spots of COVID-19, the Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting, to review the current situation of COVID-19 and policies to contain it, during which he was briefed that, smart lock-down is proving very useful to bring down the number of new cases in the country, a statement by the office said.
The meeting discussed how strict lock-down in the country had to be lifted, by keeping in view the economic condition of the country and how the government’s policy to impose smart lock-down is proving helpful.
The prime minister was also briefed by health ministry officials that, with a decline in new cases, the excessive load on hospitals has been controlled, due to which healthcare system saw an improvement.
“1,500 beds have been provided to hospitals for critical COVID-19 patients, and in the coming days, 1,000 more will be provided to further facilitate infected patients,” the statement added.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 237,489, with 4,922 fatalities, while 140,965 have recovered from the disease across the country, according to the data released by the health ministry yesterday.– NNN-APP
