The district administration has closed the entrance to Bank Road in Saddar, a policeman reprimands a shopkeeper for selling garments despite the lockdown in Bara Market, banners have been hung up on poles on the overhead bridge at Chandni Chowk to create awareness of the precautionary measures against Covid-19 while the bus terminal at Faizabad lies deserted on Monday. Photos by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration is establishing more Covid-19 vaccination centres in the city to facilitate people and carry out the inoculation process smoothly, sources told Dawn.
On the other hand, 10 people lost their battle against Covid-19 in Rawalpindi and Islamabad during the last 24 hours.
Despite lockdown, shopkeepers can be seen selling their goods outside their closed shops in Rawalpindi’s Raja Bazaar on Sunday. Photo by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: While the positivity graph has further declined in the federal capital, 290 more people were found infected and two patients succumbed to the deadly virus on Sunday.
Moreover, the District Health Office has decided to open a mass vaccination centre at F-9 Park after the Eid holidays which will cater to 6,000 to 9,000 people daily.
According to documents available with Dawn, the weekly positivity graph in Islamabad remained 7.78 per cent compared to 9.24pc in the previous week and 10pc in the last week of April. The positivity rate had reached 11.28pc in the first week of April after which it gradually started declining.
Army personnel seen in their vehicles parked in Rawalpindi’s Bara Market, a policeman arrests a shopkeeper for violating government directives to close shops, Saddar and Islamabad’s Jinnah Super Market give a deserted look on the first day of the nine-day lockdown. Photos by Tanveer Shahzad & INP
ISLAMABAD: Four people died of Covid-19 and 270 new cases were reported in the capital on Saturday.
Officials of the capital administration said the death toll from the virus in the capital had reached 706. Of the four casualties, two were males and two females.
They were in the age group of 60-69, 70-79 and 80-89.
ISLAMABAD: Three more deaths and 349 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the capital on Friday.
Officials of the local administration said the three deaths raised the toll from the virus in the capital to 702. The deceased were two males in the age group of 70-79 and a female in the age group of 60-69.
They were residents of Bhara Kahu, Bari Imam and Phulgran.
In the last 24 hours, 3,836 tests were conducted out of which 185 males and 164 females were found infected. The positivity rate was 9.08 per cent.
The officials said 66 cases were reported in the age group of 20-29, by 59 in 30-39, 58 in 40-49, 47 in 50-59, 43 in 0-9, 32 in 60-69, 31 in 10-19, nine in 70-79 and four in 80 and above.
People throng Moti Bazaar in Rawalpindi for Eid shopping on Thursday ahead of May 8 to 16 lockdown announced by government. Photo by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has set up three centres to isolate expatriates coming to Pakistan in case they test positive of Covid-19.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Islamabad (East) Babar Sahib Din told
Dawn that the three quarantine facilities had been set up one each at OGDCL building, Marriott and Redison hotels. The isolation facility is available free of cost at the OGDCL and on the subsidised rate of Rs3,000 to Rs9,000 per day at Marriott and Redison.
It is up to the expatriate to avail of the government free of cost facility or stay at any of the two hotels, he said, adding Margalla Hotel and a guest house at F-7 had also been selected as a backup facilities and would be utilied, if needed.