Loudspeakers installed at intersections to educate public on SOPs
Islamabad
May 13, 2021
Rawalpindi : The local administration, Rawalpindi has installed loudspeakers at different intersections of the city to educate citizens to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and insisted them to stay at homes during Eid holidays.
The law enforcement agencies have been called to enforce the SOPs to check further spread of COVID-19. The loudspeakers have been installed at Kutcherry Chowk, Mareer Chowk, Fawara Chowk, Saddar near Metro Bus Station, Qasim Market Chowk, Seham Chowk, Peshawar Morr Chowk, Rawal Road, Sixth Road Chowk, Jhanda Chowk, Faizabad, Commercial Market, and Adiala Road. The officials of the district administration were also installing loudspeakers in more places.
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster s fate to be decided in public
13 May, 2021 01:54 AM
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Wellington City mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington City councillors have voted to discuss the findings of a code of conduct complaint against mayor Andy Foster in a public setting this afternoon.
Council officials advised deliberations should be held behind closed doors, but councillors overturned that at a meeting today.
The complaint, made by councillor Jenny Condie, claimed Foster shared potentially defamatory and previously discredited information before a controversial Shelly Bay vote.
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Condie said the mayor called her to his office before the vote to show her information that would change her mind about Shelly Bay.
World
May 13, 2021
Rich Indians can no longer escape their country’s raging pandemic by holidaying in the Maldives, after the island paradise said Wednesday it would ban travel from South Asia as it battles a surge in Covid-19 infections.
The Indian Ocean holiday destination reopened its tourist resorts in July last year after halting international flights for more than three months at the start of the pandemic. But the atoll nation of 340,000 people has been grappling with a jump in cases, including a record single-day rise of 1,500 on Tuesday compared with less than 100 cases just one month ago.
Countries in South Asia, including its largest neighbour India, have been hit by a massive and deadly new wave of infections. The government of Maldives has decided to temporarily suspend the issuance of tourist visas for travellers originating from South Asian countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, the tourism ministry said.
Public urged to follow precautions during Eid celebrations
13 May 2021 - 6:50
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Eid Al Fitr celebrations begin today amid COVID-19 restrictions in the country.
The Government Communications Office (GCO) and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) have urged the people to follow precautions during the Eid holidays.
“It is vital that precautionary measures continue to be followed during the blessed Eid Al Fitr to ensure the safety of our families and society and to support the ongoing efforts of the State of Qatar in limiting the spread of COVID-19,” said GCO on its Twitter account.
It also reminded people to wear masks and maintain social distancing during prayers at the mosques, and that indoor gatherings are prohibited as well as maximum of five fully vaccinated people are allowed to gather outside. Health sector’s medical and administrative staff congratulated the people of Qatar on Eid Al Fitr stressing the importance of adhering to pr