LAHORE: The Punjab home department’s Corona Crisis Management Cell’s (CCMC) daily situation report generated around Saturday midnight states some 5,336 Tableeghi activists have so far tested negative and allowed to return to their homes.
It says 1,560 who tested positive have been quarantined while the results of 4,250 are awaited.
According to the overall situation in Punjab, the CCMC says of the 33,062 suspects screened, 3,648 tested positive, 41 patients died and 423 recovered.
With regard to operation of camp sites for BISP (Kifalat Programme), the CCMC identified various issues at camp sites that include shortage of cash, thumb impression issue, poor connectivity and lack of equipment.
It noted that already paid beneficiaries getting messages again to collect money, while some people who received messages from 8171 could not get payments due to non-registration of their data.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Basharat Raja chaired a meeting here on Sunday. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Azam Suleman Khan, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Momin Agha, Lahore Commissioner Saif Anjum, CCPO Zulfiqar Hameed and officers concerned. Inspector General of Police Shoaib Dastgir, divisional commissioners and regional police officers joined through video link.
The meeting was informed that participants of Tableeghi moot, including foreigners, were being sent to their hometowns.
The meeting also reviewed ongoing wheat procurement and issuance of bardana (gunny bags) in the province. The meeting was told that about 776,180 gunny bags had been distributed and 94,562 metric tonnes of wheat procured in different districts of the province.
