NCOC identifies 20 cities as COVID-19 ‘hotspots’ as nationwide cases tally surges to 146,713
The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on Monday has identified 20 cities across Pakistan as COVID-19 ‘hotspots’ as nationwide cases tally surges to 146,713.
NCOC identifies the potential Covid-19 hotspots using a strategy termed as ‘testing, tracing, and quarantining (TTQ)’.
According to the press release issued by the centre, the TTQ strategy involves ramping up Covid-19 testing followed by rapidly tracing the contacts of confirmed positive cases, and effective quarantining of positive and suspected cases.
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The 20 cities which have been identified by the NCOC for the enforcement of necessary restrictive measures are as following:
- Karachi
- Lahore
- Quetta
- Peshawar
- Rawalpindi
- Islamabad
- Faisalabad
- Multan
- Gujranwala
- Swat
- Hyderabad
- Sukkur
- Sialkot
- Gujarat
- Ghotki
- Larkana
- Khairpur
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Malakand
- Mardan
The NCOC’s strategy of TTQ was formed to keep the spread of the novel coronavirus in check as different sectors of the economy were allowed to reopen.
