Covid-19: No govt directive on lockdown, says health DG

Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), today said there has been no directive on lockdown from the government.

"There is no directive on lockdown from the government. But everyone must maintain the health guidelines -- issued earlier to prevent and control the transmission of Covid-19," he said while talking to reporters at the DGHS after a meeting with PMO officials today.

He said they (DGHS) were asked to campaign more on health guidelines as the country is seeing a rise in daily new infections.