The Pakistan government is now shifting towards a 'micro smart lockdown' strategy to target only specific locations affected by the coronavirus pandemic, said Federal Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday.

At present there are over 7,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases across the country and the government is making efforts to arrange home isolation for them, he said addressing a media conference in Islamabad.

There are currently 85 smart lockdowns in place in 20 districts, and the government has imposed 2,350 lockdowns in total, according to the federal planning and development minister who has also been the government's focal person in the pandemic response as the chief for the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC).

Umar credited the government's decisions and the public's cooperation for controlling the spread of the pandemic across the country. The government's policies of contact tracing and smart lockdowns, and public awareness have contributed greatly in containing the spread of the pandemic in a short time period, he said.

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