Strict lockdown in COVID-19 hotspots in major cities of Punjab.

LAHORE -- Punjab government on Tuesday enforced two week long strict lockdown in COVID-19 hotspots in major cities including Lahore to check spread of the virus.

There will be complete lockdown with markets to be closed except medical stores, food shops and other outlets of essential items in 80 worst-affected areas in Lahore.

There will be complete restriction of movement in and out of 80 areas of Wagha Town, Allama Iqbal Town, Samanabad Zone, Nishtar Town, Gulberg Town, Cantt, Data Gunj Bakhsh Zone and Ravi Town in Lahore for the next two weeks with the objective to break the transmission of coronavirus among the population in the city.

Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said, a thorough analysis of the COVID-19 cases will be made and if a significant reduction is seen, the lockdown may be eased before two weeks.

'The only solution to the corona pandemic is social distancing and observing the precautionary measures,' she said and requested to the people to observe precautionary measures otherwise the government may have to extend the lockdown to other areas.

Meanwhile, fifty more succumbed to COVID-19 in Punjab on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 1,081.

As many as 1,740 new cases of novel coronavirus were also reported from across the province, raising the number of COVID-19 patients to 55,878. With 11 more healthcare workers getting infection, number of affected doctors, nurses and paramedics reached 936.

So far 400 casualties have been reported from Lahore, 216 Rawalpindi, 94 Multan, 91 Faisalabad, 50 Gujranwala, 44 Sialkot, 25 each Gujrat and Rahim Yar Khan, 24 Bahawalpur, 15 Sargodha, 12 Sheikhupura, 11 Dera Ghazi Khan, 10 Sahiwal, eight each Kasur and Nankana Sahib, six each Muzafargarh and Toba Tek Singh, five each Attock and Mianwali, four Hafizabad, three each Jhang and Jhelum, two each Rajanpur, Narowal, Bahawalnagar, Khushab, Okara, Bhakkar and Vehari and one each from Khanewal and Lodhran.

Out of 1,740 new cases, 816 have been reported from Lahore, 218 Rawalpindi, 113 Multan, 83 Attock, 81 Faisalabad, 54 Sialkot, 47 Gujrat, 45 Bahawalpur, 34 Sahiwal, 28 Gujranwala, 24 Rahim Yar Khan, 20 each Dera Ghazi Khan and Sheikhupura, 17 each Toba...

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