QUETTA: A complete lockdown remains enforced in Balochistan to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as the number of coronavirus cases has increased to 164.

Lockdown enters ninth day across Balochistan, including Quetta. Business centres, hotels, markets are closed during Lock Down, the district administration has sealed 69 more shops in violation of section 144 and arrested 46 people.

The number of corona-infected people in Balochistan has increased to 164 in Balochistan, while 17 patients with coronavirus have returned homes, after complete recovery and testing negative twice.

According to Chief Minister Balochistan, 64 more patients have completed fourteen-day quarantine, whose tests will be done in the next two days.

On the other hand, the Pak-Iran Taftan border is closed on the 39th day while the Pak-Afghan border is closed for the 31st consecutive day. There are 367 people living in 3 quarantine centers in Balochistan whose screening is underway.

Coronavirus has been confirmed in an employee of Chief Minister Balochistan House Quetta, who has  been isolated in the house. A Corona virus has been confirmed in a Quetta returning from Raiwind Tablighi group, while three government employees of Loralai have also been diagnosed with the Corona virus.

Four doctors in Quetta and one in Loralai have been confirmed as coronavirus infected. All the corona virus cases are transmitted locally to all doctors.

The Balochistan government announced on Tuesday that it has formed a food security committee on district level for the distribution of food to the poor and needy people amid the coronavirus lockdown.

It will be led by the province’s chief secretary for agriculture and livestock. He will be responsible for identifying and verifying the identity of the needy people and distributing food items among them.

In Quetta, a civil society ogranisation distributed ration to daily wage workers. To avoid violation of social distancing rules, personnel of the Frontier Corps was assigned at the site.

The decision was taken after livelihood for lower-income groups became difficult due to a lockdown imposed across the province.