Amid second COVID-19 wave in the country, the Punjab government has decided to impose a smart lockdown in several areas to curb the spread of global pandemic.

The decision was made during the meeting of the anti-coronavirus committee of Punjab held in Lahore on Monday.

The areas in which smart lockdown will be imposed are Anar Kali, Gulshan Ravi, HBFC society, New Mulsim Town (Block-C), Raza Block, Sikandar Block, Umair Block, Babar Block and Dipo Block.

The Punjab health ministry has informed the local administration about the imposition of smart lockdown in the above-mentioned Lahore areas.

In past 24 hours, one person died due to the virus while 345 new infections were reported in Punjab.

It is pertinent to mention here that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in its session held today expressed concern over soaring rate of COVID-19 positive cases in the country.

“Positive rate of coronavirus cases rapidly increasing in big cities, which is at maximum in 15 major cities of the country,” it was observed in the NCOC meeting. “Maximum positive rate of coronavirus cases has been reported 16.59 percent in Hyderabad,” the meeting observed.