NCOC bans processions on Youm-e-Ali in view of Covid-19 situation

According to details, an important meeting of National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) was held on the conduct of Youm-e-Ali. The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and also attended by Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed, Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan.

The forum decided to ban processions on Youm-e-Ali while majalis will be allowed by following strict coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

“Keeping in view the risk factor due to the ongoing surge in COVID spread across the country and particularly in major urban centres, it was decided to ban all sort of processions while holding of Majalis has been permitted under strict COVID SOPs which are already in place for Ramazan ul Mubarik,” read an NCOC statement.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous two waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 4,696 cases of coronavirus were reported while 146 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 17,957.

The total number of confirmed cases reached to 825,519.

As many as 717,009 patients have recovered from the disease with 5,490 critical cases.