TTQ strategy: Over a million restricted under smart lockdown across Pakistan, NCOC observes.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday noted that over a million people were restricted under smart lockdown across Pakistan after the government's trace, test and quarantine (TTQ) strategy was implemented in the high risk areas reporting large numbers of coronavirus cases.

The meeting, chaired by the Minister for Planning, Development Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in Islamabad, discussed the arrangements regarding the coming festival of Eid-ul-Azha.

The committee also reviewed a plan to ramp up testing capacity, the media's communication strategy and the epidemic curve chart with projections for the next six weeks.

According to a province-wise breakdown, there are 904 areas under lockdown in Punjab with a population of over 900,000, 26 areas in Sindh with a population of 50,513, 572 areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a population of 67,000, 29 areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir with a population of 670,000, 10 areas in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) with a population of 60,000 and five areas in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) with a population of 15,000 people.

In accordance with the prime minister's instructions for compliance to health guidelines, particularly at work places, industrial sector, transport, markets and shops, NCOC mapped out strategies to ensure the implementation of the protocols as per the directives issued by World Health Organisation (WHO).

The forum was told that during the last 24 hours, more than 9,827 violations of health guidelines were observed across the...

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