Six Lahore neighbourhoods put under smart lockdown
- By Hassan Hafeez -
- Feb 09, 2021
LAHORE: A smart lockdown was imposed in as many as six neighbourhoods of Lahore for ten days on Tuesday after they reported a spike in coronavirus cases.
The areas that have been put under the lockdown include Ali View Garden, Baidian Road (Street No 1); DHA Phase-5 A-Block (Street No 21 and 20); DHA Phase-3 W-Block (Street No 21); Faisal Town Block C1 (Main Street); Allama Iqbal Town, Chenaz Block (Street from House N0 156 to 167) and Al-Ahmad Garden A Block (Abdullah Street).
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“There has been a constant increase in positivity percentage and prevalence of COVID-19 in the Province of Punjab during last two weeks which poses a serious and imminent threat to public health. Hence, it is mandatory to take all possible safety measures for prevention and control of this disease,” read a notification issued to this effect.
The provincial health secretary ordered that “there shall be ‘controlled entry and exit’ in the areas of district Lahore identified as hotspots of COVID-19 … with immediate effect till 19th February 2021.”