{"id":64864,"date":"2020-04-29T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64864"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:53:59","slug":"punjab-govt-conduct-smart-sampling-prevent-covid-19-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-conduct-smart-sampling-prevent-covid-19-spread.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 to prevent COVID-19 spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced its decision to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 across the province to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a news source reported. In this regard, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar revealed that the authorities were focusing on people residing in the province\u2019s quarantine centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smart-lockdown-implemented-across-pakistan-contain-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Smart lockdown\u2019 implemented across Pakistan to contain COVID-19 spread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the federal government had announced the implementation of a \u2018smart lockdown\u2019 starting from April 27. For this initiative, the government had also conducted an operation to identify coronavirus pandemic hotspots across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Punjab CM paid tribute to the paramedical staff for their fearless services during the coronavirus situation in the country. He said that the nation would always remember the efforts made by the doctors and the paramedical staff during these tough times. He added that the provincial government would provide additional salaries to paramedics, doctors, and individuals working in testing laboratories that are involved in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-govt-identify-pandemic-hotspots-impose-smart-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19: Govt to identify pandemic hotspots to impose \u2018smart lockdown\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Punjab has crossed the 5,500 mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced its decision to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 across the province to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a news source reported. In this regard, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar revealed that the authorities were focusing on people residing in the province\u2019s quarantine centres. Read: \u2018Smart lockdown\u2019 implemented across Pakistan to contain COVID-19 spread Earlier, the federal government had announced the implementation of a \u2018smart lockdown\u2019 starting from April 27. For this initiative, the government had also conducted an operation to identify coronavirus pandemic hotspots across the country. Meanwhile, the Punjab CM paid tribute to the paramedical staff for their fearless services during the coronavirus situation in the country. He said that the nation would always remember the efforts made by the doctors and the paramedical staff during these tough times. He added that the provincial government would provide additional salaries to paramedics, doctors, and individuals working in testing laboratories that are involved in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Read: COVID-19: Govt to identify pandemic hotspots to impose \u2018smart lockdown\u2019 Reportedly, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Punjab has crossed the 5,500 mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27663],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-punjab-govt-to-conduct-smart-sampling-to-prevent-covid-19-spread"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 to prevent COVID-19 spread - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Punjab government has announced its decision to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 across the province to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a news source reported.\" \/>\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\/punjab-govt-conduct-smart-sampling-prevent-covid-19-spread.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 to prevent COVID-19 spread - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Punjab government has announced its decision to conduct \u2018smart sampling\u2019 across the province to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-conduct-smart-sampling-prevent-covid-19-spread.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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