Strict Restrictions to Be Eased amid Virus Concerns, Gazette Notification Tomorrow

The government is going to ease existing restrictions for eight days beginning Thursday, in order to accommodate cattle traders and shopping mall owners ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

For these reasons, limitations on public transportation and shopping centers will be relaxed from July 15 to 22, but a new round of strict lockdown will begin on July 23 in order to contain a recent rise in coronavirus deaths and infections.

On Tuesday, a gazette notice will be published in this regard.

The continuing restrictions will be eased from July 15 to July 22, according to a statement from the Press Information Department (PID). “From July 23, a new period of strict lockdown will be imposed, with a gazette notification to be published on Tuesday,” it stated.

The administration is loosening the restriction at a time when the country's coronavirus situation is deteriorating. On Monday, 220 people died as a result of Covid-19, and 13,768 new infections were discovered.