Pakistan has banned Indian travelers for two weeks, blaming the double mutant variant for the uncontrolled corona infection in India.
Islamabad The entire world is reeling from the outbreak of the Corona epidemic. At the same time, the second wave of Corona in India has caused outrage. In the neighboring country of Pakistan, cases of corona infection are also increasing again.
The double mutant variant is being held responsible for the uncontrolled corona infection in India and that is why now the world is starting to fear it. Britain has put India in the Travel Red List, taking a big decision on the growing cases of Corona, while now Pakistan has also taken a big step and banned Indian travelers.
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Pakistan has imposed a two-week ban on travel from India to avoid this double mutant variant. On Monday, the Government of Pakistan, citing this new variant, said that passengers from India would not be able to come to Pakistan via air and road for the next two weeks.
Ban will be for two weeks
According to a report by Pakistan’s leading news website Dawn, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that the decision was taken in a meeting of the forum. The meeting was chaired by Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar. In the meeting, the growing cases of Corona were discussed. During this time, the forum was informed about the double mutant variants spreading in India. It was told that due to this new variant, new cases of Corona are coming up in India.
After much discussion in this meeting, the forum took this decision and put India in the category C for two weeks. The forum said that we will ban passengers coming from India by plane and road. The forum will meet again on April 21 and a decision will be taken on the countries where the Indian variant has been found.
More than 16 thousand deaths in Pakistan so far
Let me tell you that once again the increasing cases of corona infection in Pakistan are worsening the situation. In India too, thousands of cases of corona infection are being reported every day. Over the past five days, more than 2 lakh new cases have been coming.
So far 7,61,437 people have been infected by the Corona epidemic in Pakistan, while 16,316 people have lost their lives. The Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan are the most affected by Corona. In Sindh, 2,72,729 people have been infected so far, while 4,553 people have lost their lives. In Punjab, 2,70,338 people have been infected, while 7,457 people have died.
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Talking about India, 1,50,61,805 people have been infected so far, while 1,78,769 people have lost their lives. The state of Maharashtra is the most affected in India. A total of 38,39,338 people have been infected in Maharashtra so far, while 60,473 people have died. The total number of corona infections in the world has increased to 14,08,49,925, while 30,13,217 people have lost their lives.