Punjab seals 830 COVID-19 hot-spots under micro-smart lockdown.

LAHORE -- Provincial authorities have sealed several areas in a move under the micro-smart lockdown on Monday. Punjab government has sealed 830 places across the province after spike in COVID-19 cases, officials said. In these areas 1416 cases of novel coronavirus were reported. The micro-smart lockdown has been imposed in 435 spots in Lahore, which is maximum number of areas sealed in the province, sources said. Micro-smart lockdown clamped in 37 hot-spots in Bahawalpur, 35 places in Bhakkar, 17 spots in Dera Ghazi Khan, 34 places in Faisalabad and 14 spots in Gujranwala district. Moreover, 44 places in Multan, 29 in Gujrat and scores of areas in Sahiwal, Sargodha, Shekhupura, Sialkot and other districts of Punjab have been sealed under the micro-smart lockdown. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar...