The government called upon the peopleto adopt preventive measures to fight the menace of novel coronavirus instead of getting panicked unnecessarily.
If spreading of any false or wrong information about COVID-19 over social media or any other medium is noticed, the masses are being requested to contact with Press Information Department (PID) ‘s newsroom numbers-02-9512246; 02-9514988; 01715-255765; 01716-800008 and [email protected] or [email protected] or 999, said an official handout on Monday. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) suggested home returnees must have to follow the ‘stay at home’ rules for 14 days and relatives of those would also have to remain alert. The government sought support of all including the returnees, their relatives, houses owners and neighbors to limit the spread of the deadly virus.