{"id":8690,"date":"2021-04-12T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T10:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2021-04-12T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T10:02:57","slug":"amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/12\/amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-lahore\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid coronavirus surge, authorities consider imposing complete lockdown in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"detail-center\">\n<div class=\"story-detail\">\n<p>Given the constant increase in coronavirus cases,\u00a0 authorities are considering imposing a complete lockdown in Lahore for one or two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, a proposal will be forwarded at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting today (Monday). A final decision will be made after approval from the NCOC and Prime Minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8691\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-Lahore-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-Lahore-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-Lahore-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amid-coronavirus-surge-authorities-consider-imposing-complete-lockdown-in-Lahore-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x180.jpg 300w, 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