Another lockdown soon in Pakistan as authorities fail to 'strictly implement' COVID-19 guidelines
Oct 22, 2020
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 22 : Another lockdown in the country might soon happen as the authorities are failing to "strictly implement" the standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Pakistan's National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC).
Citing a statement issued by the NCOC, Geo News reported, "NCOC is closely monitoring the situation. If there is no improvement in SOPs compliance observed, NCOC will have no choice but to revert to strict measures leading to re-closures of services."
Highlighting the "clear resurgence in coronavirus" in the country, the NCOC has asked the chief secretaries to "strictly implement" the SOPs.
This statement was issued after Minister for Planning Asad Umar had said that the death rate due to coronavirus has increased by 140 per cent in the last week, Geo News reported.
"We are collectively committing a blunder by recklessly ignoring all SOPs and the results have started to show," Umar said.
In a tweet, he said, "Last week daily COVID-19 mortality was 12. This is a 140 per cent increase vs few weeks back. We are collectively committing a blunder by recklessly ignoring all sop's and the results have started to show. If we do not change our current path we will lose both lives and livelihoods."
