ISLAMABAD: Important meeting of the National Command and Operation CentreNCOC held in Islamabad over Coronavirus pandemic.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday reviewed theimplementation of Ramazan guidelines, SME package, health situation anddata integration.
The meeting, held in Islamabad, was chaired by Minister for Planning andDevelopment Asad Umar.Ad
Asad Umar said the provinces may be asked to give feedback on compliance bypeople on Ramazan guidelines tomorrow.
The forum dilated upon health situation and future course of actionvis-a-vis coronavirus
Minister for Interior Ijaz Shah said population in urban areas needs to becontinuously educated to follow the guidelines and not operate business asusual during Ramazan. He said population in villages is observingguidelines which is encouraging.
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He urged the political leadership particularly at the district and unioncouncil level to play role in educating masses for public safety andwell-being.
It must be noted that the number of confirmed cases of the novelcoronavirus in Pakistan has jumped to 12,723 after the emergence of newinfections with 269 deaths reported so far, according to National Commandand Operation Center’s statistics.
Of the total confirmed cases, Punjab has reported 5,378 cases, followed bySindh where the tally of such cases stands at 4,232. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasrecorded 1,793 cases, Balochistan 722, Islamabad 235, Gilgit Baltistan 308,and Azad Jammu and Kashmir 55.
The death toll has risen to 269, including 15 fatalities reported acrossthe country over the past 24 hours.
