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Covid-19 violations blamed for Pakistan death rise
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Traders and buyers gather at a fruit market in Lahore on September 27, 2020. Credit: AFP Photo
Traders and buyers gather at a fruit market in Lahore on September 27, 2020. Credit: AFP Photo

A Cabinet minister says Pakistan has witnessed a 140% increase in fatalities from Covid-19 in recent weeks due to widespread violations of social distancing rules.

Asad Umar, the planning and development minister who oversees Pakistan's response to coronavirus, warned on Twitter “we will lose both lives and livelihoods” if people did not adhere to social distancing rules.

His comments on Tuesday came shortly after the military-backed Command and Operations Centre reported 14 deaths and 625 new cases in the past 24 hours.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan had warned on Monday that Pakistan's big cities could face a second wave of Covid-19 in the coming weeks because of increasing pollution in winter. Pakistan has reported 324,084 cases, including 6,673 Covid-19 deaths.

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(Published 20 October 2020, 22:33 IST)