KP halts all tourists activities

Bureau Report

PESHAWAR: Two days after foreign tourists had been exempted from the Covid-related restrictions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial government on Monday withdrew the notification and directed them to follow coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs).
All the tourist spots will remain closed for the general public and for the foreign tourists from May 8 to May 16 across the province, read a new notification. In view of the recent alarming surge in coronavirus cases and deaths, the KP government has directed the foreign tourists to limit their movement and stay at their hotels.
Earlier on May 8, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had exempted foreign tourists from the novel coronavirus-related restrictions across the province.
According to a notification issued by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department, foreign tourists and their groups had been exempted from COVID-19 related restrictions and other standard operating procedures (SOPs).
This decision came at a time when the COVID situation is creating uncertainty across the country as, the national tally on Tuesday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 78,959 with 3,447 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 4,387 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours.
One hundred and thirteen corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 95 of whom were under treatment in hospital and 18 out of the hospital in their respective quarantines or homes, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC). During the past 24 hours, most of the deaths have occurred in the Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.