Former senator Javed Abbasi contracts Covid-19

ABBOTTABAD:

Thirteen new cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), including Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s former senator Barrister Javed Abbassi, tested positive in the district Abbottabad on Wednesday. He was quarantined at his residence in Abbottabad.

The administration has imposed a smart lockdown in seven additional localities on the recommendations of the health department to prevent the local transmission of Covid-19 and sealed three more schools as cases continue to surge.

No general entry or exit to these localities by any person, except supply essential commodities, shall be allowed while all types of gatherings within these premises are strictly prohibited, a spokesperson maintained.

Anyone contravening the directions shall render himself liable to be proceeded against under section 17 and 18 of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Epidemic Control and Emergency Relief Ordinance, he added.

The total number of positive cases in the district reached 3,690 of which 3,388 patients have recovered, 140 cases are still active and receiving treatment at hospitals while 149 patients have so far succumbed to the deadly virus.

The district administration and health department had imposed smart lockdowns at 358 places, including 182 residential areas, 10 hotels and restaurants, 144 educational institutions, and 22 offices and commercial buildings.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 25^th, 2021.