{"id":121072,"date":"2021-05-03T09:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T01:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121072"},"modified":"2021-05-03T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T01:10:51","slug":"covid-19-pakistan-to-suspend-entry-of-pedestrians-from-afghanistan-iran-through-land-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121072","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Pakistan to suspend entry of pedestrians from Afghanistan, Iran through land border crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2021-05\/02\/139921213_16199976193581n.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A closed market during a lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19 in Lahore, Pakistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD, May 3 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Pakistan will suspend the entry of pedestrians from Afghanistan and Iran through land border terminals for over two weeks from May 5 in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an official notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was taken at a special session on land border management at the country&#8217;s National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Saturday, the NCOC notification said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revised land border management policy will be implemented from May 5 to May 20 and applicable only to inbound pedestrians without effect on existing cargo or trade movement, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani nationals in Afghanistan and Iran will be allowed to return, said the notification, adding that extreme medical emergency cases and funerals of Afghan nationals will also be exempted &#8220;as per procedure in vogue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border terminals will remain open for seven days a week while employment strength of the law enforcement agencies and health staff at border terminals will be increased for implementation of testing protocols and to control high traffic density.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notification said a review of the policy will be carried at the NCOC on May 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan is struggling to contain the third wave of COVID-19. The country reported 4,414 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 829,933, the NCOC said on Sunday. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A closed market during a lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19 in Lahore, Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 3 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Pakistan will suspend the entry of pedestrians from Afghanistan and Iran through land border terminals for over two weeks from May 5 in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121072"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}