Following the agreement of easing in the lockdown of Prime Minister Imran Khan, work is underway to open the markets. It has been decided to conduct smart screening of the areas before opening the markets.
The Punjab government has started preparations before opening the markets. The purpose of smart screening is to review corona cases in the area. Smart screening will be done to find out the number of cases in which areas. Markets will not be allowed to open in areas with corona cases. Smart screening will also be conducted in vegetable, fruit markets and grocery stores in each area. Violations of SOPs set up to open markets, the market will be closed.
Request to open has also been made with precautions lock down across Punjab including Lahore view of the corona virus. But government has announced that Theaters would be closed for two months.
Due to the lockdown, junior artists, technicians, security guards and other day laborers are unemployed, they have not been given any assistance.
Extracted from City42 News