ISLAMABAD: The Covid restrictions hammered out by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) to control the wild rage of the global pandemic.
Given the rising Covid numbers as opposed to 13 cities, the restrictions will now be implemented across 27 cities instead and will continue till September, 13 before the next review.
According to the carrying forward restrictions, there will be:
No indoor dining
No sport events
No indoor weddings
No cinemas and tombs
No more than 50 per cent attendance in office and academics
No market/non-essential business activity post 8 pm.
All markets shall remain off two days across the week. The off days will be decided by the provincial governments.
Outdoor weddings will continue with no more than 300 attendants and only until 10 pm, NCOC said.
Gyms will remain open but only for vaccinated people
The 27 cities to observe these measures to curb the pandemic are Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Khanewal, Mianwali, Sargodha, Khushab, Bahawalpur Multan, Gujranwala, Rahim Yar Khan, Hyderabad, Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad, Mirpurkhas, Swat, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, Swat, Chitral, Haripur, Mansehra, Lower Dir, and Swabi.
Covid positivity stands at 6.21pc with 69 new daily deaths
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