Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday reported 63 deaths, 2,260 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a period of 24 hours taking the overall death toll due to COVID-19 to 9,816 and infections to 469,482.
The number of tests conducted in the last one day has been reported at 36,909 while the country has reported 420,498 recoveries, 1,531 in last twenty-four hours.
Meanwhile, Peshawar district administration imposed smart lockdown in seven more localities.
According to the health department, 11 people have died of the virus in the province during the last 24 hours and 311 tested positive in different districts.
Five deaths were reported in Peshawar, two in Abbottabad and one each in Mardan, Haripur, Kohat and Bannu.
After announcing smart lockdown in nine areas of Peshawar on Thursday, deputy commissioner Mohammad Ali Asghar restricted the entry and exit of people to seven more areas in the capital city in light of the rising COVID-19 cases.
Pakistani passport holders who have travelled to the UK on visitor/temporary visas are allowed to return to the country only after submitting a negative PCR test, conducted within 72 hours prior to flight.
They are also required to undergo PCR test on arrival in Pakistan under arrangement with the Directorate of Central Health Establishment or regional health staff.
Passengers will be required to stay in the airport or in a government facility until the PCR test is taken.
Besides mandatory enforced home quarantine for seven days is also a pre-condition for those Pakistanis returning from the UK.
Past seven days
According to the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC) trace and test will be applied to all passengers who have arrived from the UK over the past seven days.
The NCOC also decided to make the ‘Pass Track’ app mandatory for all travellers arriving in Pakistan with effect from midnight Dec 22, the notification further says.
Passengers without the app will need to fill out the web form of the Pass Track app, it further said.
A temporary restriction on inbound travellers from the UK (direct or indirect) to Pakistan is already in place since Dec 22 until the midnight of Dec 29, says a communique sent to the Civil Aviation Authority by the Aviation Division.
The measure has been taken for fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic and causing travel chaos.