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LAHORE: The Punjab authorities on Thursday prohibited all capabilities, ceremonies and social gatherings on personal premises, together with houses, whereas additionally instructing the district administrations to finish mapping of each union council to arrange for a lockdown state of affairs on the UC stage, if wanted.
Further Chief Secretary (Residence) Momin Agha issued the order banning gatherings on personal premises below Part 144 of the Code of Felony Process, extending the restrictions imposed earlier to stop the unfold of the coronavirus pandemic. The shutting of all gyms and snooker golf equipment was additionally ordered. The order will stay in power until April 4.
In the meantime, the district administrations have been given two days to finish mapping of each union council, gathering info of each faculty, faculty, college, store, home and even the variety of residents to arrange for a lockdown state of affairs if a large variety of COVID-19 instances are reported from the identical UC as an alternative of locking down a complete space.
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Throughout a gathering, Chief Secretary Main (retd) Azam Suleman Khan directed all administration and cops to make sure strict implementation of the federal government’s directions through the coronavirus nationwide emergency to guard lives. The assembly reviewed steps being taken to stop coronavirus, guarantee uninterrupted provide of daily-use gadgets and verify hoarding.
It determined that entry of solely items transport could be allowed in Punjab from Sindh.
The chief secretary mentioned there could be a whole ban on holding weddings or different ceremonies in farmhouses. The federal government had already banned wedding ceremony capabilities at halls, marquees and resorts.
He mentioned that within the mild of the federal government’s resolution, all conferences could be held via video hyperlinks, Skype calls and on-line conferencing and solely skeleton employees would attend the workplaces, whereas the remaining officers would work on-line from their houses.
He talked about that entry of normal public in authorities workplaces has been suspended in view of their very own safety and social distancing, nonetheless, all administrative secretaries, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, and heads of hooked up departments would notify, within the press, two landline numbers and one cellular quantity for contact of normal public throughout workplace hours.
These numbers would even be displayed prominently outdoors workplaces at entry gates and officers of grade 17 and 18 could be deputed to attend calls on these numbers so that folks couldn’t face any drawback within the decision of their issues, he added.
He requested all officers to make sure compliance with the orders concerning the closure of all outlets, purchasing malls and eating places by 10pm as no negligence could be tolerated on this regard.
The chief secretary additionally directed commissioners and deputy commissioners to arrange lists of relations of the individuals being saved in quarantine and supply meals hampers to households in case their bread earners have been quarantined.
He additionally issued directions to administrative officers to contact house owners of personal hospitals and resorts for establishing extra isolation rooms in these buildings.
The assembly determined that desks could be arrange for public outdoors workplaces of SHOs in police stations and police khidmat centres would stay closed until additional orders. Folks can lodge their complaints with these desks as an alternative of visiting the workplace in police stations.
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The assembly additionally took the choice to shut all public parks and leisure locations within the province, apart from enhancing the variety of Panahgahs in cities.
All deputy commissioners have been requested to hold out mapping of hostels of their districts in order that quarantine facility might be supplied at these buildings in case of emergency.
The assembly was knowledgeable that the manufacturing of masks, gloves and sanitisers have been began domestically, whereas 270,000 masks have been recovered throughout motion in opposition to hoarding in Rawalpindi.
The assembly additionally determined to make sure monitoring of passengers who arrived from China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and different coronavirus-hit international locations and availability of a adequate amount of sanitisers and soaps at workplaces, banks and purchasing malls for hand washing throughout operational hours.
Revealed in The Categorical Tribune, March 20th, 2020.
