The day after the Sindh lockdown, CM of Province Punjab Usman Buzdar has also announced a complete lockdown in Punjab after heading a high class cabinet meeting for next 14 days while talking to media.
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said they are going to lock down in Punjab starting from 09AM tomorrow to control the pandemic of noval COVID-19.
Usman Buzdar announced Punjab govt has decided to take some strict action to control the social distance, and self-quarantine to ensure the three is now new cases in the Province
CM also said there will complete ban on double passengers on bike travels however families are exempted from the ban, and all daily consumables producing companies will not subjected all lock down conditions.
Lock down will not effect on following,
- All Fruit and vegetable shops.
- General Stores, Fruit shops and Bakeries shop.
- Groceries and Medial/Pharmacy Stores.
Lock down Shall be Applicable on Followings.
- All non-essential products shops.
- All Public Transport services although limited no of passengers will be allowed to travels In private cars.
- All Shopping mall and Public places will be closed.
The CM Punjab Usman Buzdar said I want to clear, its lockdown not a Curfew condition , He said we are doing our best to control the spread of Noval Corona virus in Punjab, The home department has already requested the ministry for army deployment in Punjab province.
To avoid the pandemic in country CAA Civil Aviation authority has also announced all domestic and internal flight operation have been halted.
On Monday 23 March 2020 Pakistan has reported the 803 COVID-19 infected cases, with demise numbers 6.