The Latest: Pakistan imposes partial lockdown in some areas
Sunday 14/March/2021 - 01:21 PM
Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country, Pakistani health and administrative authorities have imposed a partial lockdown in affected areas.
Punjab authorities fined scores of
marriage halls and restaurants for violating restrictions imposed again to
fight the virus.
Officials in the capital,
Islamabad, warned citizens that they must wear face masks and maintain social
distancing in public.
Pakistan has reported 605,200 cases, including 13,508 deaths.