Vehicles move past a man wearing a protective mask against COVID-19 as he waits for the bus in Karachi, Pakistan December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
The pandemic is not receding and the officials have introduced tough restrictions like closure of markets after 6 pm to bring it under control. Information minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that the government would wait for a week and if the situation did not improve, it would impose a complete lockdown.
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Pakistan recorded 5,611 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, pushing the number of infections to 795,627, while the death toll due to coronavirus has crossed 17,000 mark, according to the official data. The Ministry of National Health Services said 118 more people have succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 17,117.
The pandemic is not receding and the officials have introduced tough restrictions like closure of markets after 6 pm to bring…