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Punjab admin asked to implement guidelines for corona victims burial
National
April 4, 2021
LAHORE: The majority of the families of Covid-19 victims are not following the SOPs issued by Primary and Secondary Health Department during their burial.
Commissioner Lahore Division took notice of this issue and directed the district administration to ensure implementation of the burial guidelines of Primary and Secondary Health Department.
Following the direction of the commissioner, Deputy Commissioner Lahore Mudassar Riaz wrote a letter to 18 public and private hospitals and directed them to implement SOPs for burial of patients who died due to Corona.
Sources in the district administration revealed that the commissioner got many reports that regular funerals of patients died due to Covid-19 had been carried out in the city.
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Labourer electrocuted
March 17, 2021
LAHORE:A 22-year old labourer died after coming in contact with a live wire near Thokar Niaz Baig on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Rab Nawaz.
He was unloading gravel from a truck when he came in contact with a live wire, resulting into his instant death. Body was removed to morgue.
hit to death: A 50-year-old man was killed by a speeding bike in Phase 6, DHA on Tuesday. The victim, yet to be identified, was a beggar. Police shifted the body to morgue.
found dead: A man was found dead in the limits of Batapur police area Tuesday. The victim was identified as Muhammad Hassan of Shalimar Link Road, Mughalpura.
Pakistan is now seeing the beginning of the third wave of Covid-19 with the number of new cases trending upwards. While the government is taking measures to control the spread of virus, the question remains: how can Covid spread in informal settlements or slums be prevented from triggering wider shocks?