{"id":64052,"date":"2020-04-14T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64052"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:12:39","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-extension-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-extension-expected.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Lockdown: Decision on further extension expected today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The National Coordination Committee (NCC) is expected to announce a 14-day extension to the government&#8217;s ongoing country-wide COVID-19 lockdown today (Tuesday) upon Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah\u2019s recommendation, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the sources, Prime Minister (PM) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Imran Khan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/will-decide-on-easing-lockdown-after-seeking-input-from-provinces-pm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Imran Khan<\/a> \u2013 being the Chairman of NCC \u2013 will announce the way forward regarding COVID-19 lockdown after a high-level meeting with the chief ministers of all provinces today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-for-lockdown-extension-enforce-stricter-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh for lockdown extension, enforce stricter measures (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh for lockdown extension, enforce stricter measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,\nthe Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) has made the same recommendation for Punjab\n\u2013 to keep a check on the spread of the virus and to increasingly screen the\ngeneral population to avoid further impacts of the disease. The 12-member CEAG\nalso advised against the opening of Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) in public\nhospitals of the province \u2013 for the risk transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally,\nthe Ministry of Interior has extended the borders\u2019 closure for another two\nweeks in a bid to prevent the COVID-19 spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The National Coordination Committee (NCC) is expected to announce a 14-day extension to the government&#8217;s ongoing country-wide COVID-19 lockdown today (Tuesday) upon Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah\u2019s recommendation, according to news sources. Read: Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week According to the sources, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan \u2013 being the Chairman of NCC \u2013 will announce the way forward regarding COVID-19 lockdown after a high-level meeting with the chief ministers of all provinces today. Read: Sindh for lockdown extension, enforce stricter measures Meanwhile, the Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) has made the same recommendation for Punjab \u2013 to keep a check on the spread of the virus and to increasingly screen the general population to avoid further impacts of the disease. The 12-member CEAG also advised against the opening of Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) in public hospitals of the province \u2013 for the risk transmission. Additionally, the Ministry of Interior has extended the borders\u2019 closure for another two weeks in a bid to prevent the COVID-19 spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26170],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-further-extension-expected-today"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Lockdown: Decision on extension expected - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Coordination Committee (NCC) is expected to announce a 14-day extension to the government&#039;s ongoing country-wide lockdown today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-extension-expected.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Lockdown: Decision on extension expected - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Coordination Committee (NCC) is expected to announce a 14-day extension to the government&#039;s ongoing country-wide lockdown today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-decision-on-extension-expected.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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