The decision will also apply to restaurants who are providing home delivery or take away services, though medical stores can remain open around the clock. This decision was taken during a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Covid-19, held in Peshawar on Friday with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair. That forum, they said, had further decided to make the use of face masks in public places mandatory. They added that for the next week, people will be persuaded and educated to use face masks. Wazir said that the total number of Covid-19 cases in the province had jumped to 1,541, with 85 fatalities.

Source: The Express Tribune April 25, 2020 05:48 UTC