Public cooperation crucial to curbing virus: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday said that public cooperation was highly significant to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
According to a statement issued on a Sunday, he called upon the citizens to continuously implement SOPs in the backdrop of the Covid-19 outbreak adding that maintenance of social distancing policy would ensure public safety.
Buzdar asserted that violation of SOPs on Eidul Azha would not be tolerated at any cost. He urged the people to learn to live with coronavirus by adopting precautions because it could not be predicted about how long it would prolong.
He further said that directions had been issued to ensure strict enforcement of SOPs on Eidul Azha and their implementation would be carried out through administrative measures.
He called upon the people and all others to prove themselves to be responsible citizens. The chief minister directed that departments concerned must ensure implementation on the steps taken and guidelines issued by the government to curb coronavirus pandemic.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 20th, 2020.