Govt willing to solve problems of regular wages workers

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Media and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday took to Twitter and said that battling the infliction of coronavirus is a responsibility of each and every Pakistani.

SAPM Awan said that the government is very much willing to solve all the problems occurring for reporters and salary workers in the wake of coronavirus

MARDAN: Union Council Manga proceeds to be the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus pathogen in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News published on Saturday.

Ministry of Health KP publishes 60 active cases of coronavirus in the small union council of Mardan City while the total number of cases in the city total to 79.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has increased the ends of its tourism places, educational institutions, and government events due to the deadly covid-19 pandemic.

The provincial government said in a piece of Information released today for increasing the closure of educational institutions till May 31, as well as delayed education boards’ exams due to coronavirus.

Earlier, the authorities had chosen to close educational institutions till March 28.

Moreover, all government ceremonies, sports, and cultural activities will also remain suspended till April 30, whereas, the authorities have even extended leaves of additional workers in the government’s departments till April 15.

It also read the conclusion of all tourism areas till April 30, while hotels, restaurants, fast food shops will also remain shut till April 10. The government directed to close beauty salons and hair saloons till April 7.

General stores, medical stores, supermarkets, tandoor, bakehouses are released from the limitations.

The orders will not apply to the shops for daily usage materials like fruits, vegetables, meat, chicken, milk, auto workshops, and petrol pumps.

Awan also exposed that the second round of media talks with provincial ministers of Information will be held later in the day for matters concerning the coronavirus outbreak.

An accompanying tweet on the topic mentioned: “DGK quarantine 207 cases, Multan quarantine 46, Lahore 115, Gujrat 48, Gujranwala 9, Jhelum 19, Rawalpindi 14, Multan 3, Faisalabad 10, DGK 5, Mandibahuddin 3, Sargodha 2, Nankanasahib 2 & Mianwali 2 and Narowal, RYK, Attock, Bahawalnagar & Khushab have one case each.”

The patient was exposed to Ghulam Muhammad Abad Hospital in Faisalabad yesterday.

Punjab, yesterday exceeded Sindh’s count of COVID-19 patients after 29 more cases of novel coronavirus were detected in the province in the past eight hours, raising the provincial tally to 448.

A spokesperson for the provincial health department said, 207 cases have been identified in pilgrims at DG Khan quarantine center, 46 in Multan and 105 in Lahore. So far, four coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in the province.

Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar revealed the bad news late last night, showing the death of a 22-year-old boy due to coronavirus in the province.

Taking to Twitter to make the announcement, CM Buzdar wrote that he was sharing the news with a heavy heart and supported people to act responsibly and exercise great caution against the dangerous pandemic.

The tweet read: “With heavy heart, I am verifying that we have lost a 22 years old patient in Faisalabad. The total loss of lives is at 5 now. Currently, we have 490 confirmed cases across Punjab. This is a global health emergency, and everybody needs to act responsibly and help us save lives.”