The suggestions regarding smart lockdown, the federal minister said, was given in October but the Sindh government had opposed the proposals then. The information minister said that opposition did not follow the SOPs during their public gathering at Mansehra which caused serious concerns regarding the spread of Covid-19. Meanwhile, the NCOC said that Pakistan recorded another one-day highest Covid-19 infection toll since July 13 with 2,547 cases on Thursday. About 234 ventilators are occupied across Pakistan out of the total 1,806 ventilators allocated for Covid-19 patients. In Rawalpindi, the district administration sealed five virus hotspots for 10 days after recording an unusual hike in Covid-19 cases.

Source: Pakistan Today November 19, 2020 17:22 UTC