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Pakistanis advised to mask up at Muharram gatherings amid COVID-19 outbreak |
2022-07-31 |
[GEOTV] With Pakistain logging hundreds of COVID-19 cases everyday, the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) has advised strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), including mask wearing and social distancing during Muharram gatherings. Gathering and majalis to remember the Shuhada-e-Karbala (deaders of Karbala) have started as the country observes the first day of the month of Muharram to mark the beginning of the new Islamic year today (Sunday). Pakistain reported only a single death from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the NIH data showed Sunday morning. As many as 661 new infections were detected in a single day as the country's nerve centre in the fight against coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ![]() performed diagnostic tests on 20,080 samples across the country. |
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