The National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), the country's nerve center for unified efforts against coronavirus has issued non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for Ramzan as the country struggles with the third wave of coronavirus.

According to the details, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar chaired a meeting of NCOC on Tuesday and issued a list of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be strictly followed.

As per these new SOPs:

• The market timing will be from Sehr till 6:00 pm apart from essential services
• Indoor dining will be banned, however, outdoor dining will be allowed from iftar till midnight
• Complete closure of cinemas and shrines will continue to be enforced
• 50% work from the home policy will continue
• Taraweeh prayer to be organized in open spaces
• There will be a complete ban on contact sports, festivals, cultural gatherings, and other events
• The inter-provincial road travel ban on the weekends will remain in effect
• All kind of indoor as well as outdoor gatherings will remain banned

Current situation of COVID-19 in Pakistan:

Pakistan on Wednesday has reported 4,681 new cases and 135 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to statistics shared by the NCOC 48,092 coronavirus tests were taken, 4,681 came out positive, and 135 deaths were reported countrywide in the last 24 hours.

There are currently 4,216 critical patients of COVID-19 admitted at different hospitals in the country.

With these latest statistics, the country's total number of confirmed cases stands at 734,423. Pakistan has so far recorded 15,754 coronavirus-related deaths, and a total of 641,912 patients have recovered from the novel disease.

The positivity ratio reported in the last 24 hours is 9.73%.