ISLAMABAD, April 24: National Coordination Committee on Coronavirus has decided to extend prevailing partial lockdown in country till the 9th of May.
This was announced by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar while briefing media persons about decisions taken by National Coordination Committee, which met here on Friday with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.
He said the government is working on increasing number of testing laboratories and isolation wards to effectively contain the coronavirus.
Asad Umar said the meeting also decided that no load-shedding will be observed during Sehar and Aftar in holy month of Ramadan.
Terming the Ehsaas Cash Emergency Programme as historic, the planning minister said the government has so far distributed Rs69 billion to fifty-seven hundred thousand families across the country.
He urged the citizens to adopt precautionary measures and maintain proper social distancing during Ramadan.
Asad Umar said Pakistan Army is supporting the civil administration in its endeavors to combat the coronavirus. -TLTP
