LAHORE: The Punjab government has issued new guidelines for the establishment and management of cattle markets within the wake of the Covid-19 also as prevention of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) fearing its spread from sacrificial animals.
The guidelines were issued on the recommendations of the technical working party (TWG) of the first and Secondary Healthcare Department.
According to the rules, the govt declared that cattle markets should be established at designated points, a minimum of two to 5 kilometers from the town. However, the working party recommended a rise within the number of cattle markets to manage the push of the traders and customers.
The guidelines say the management must ensure controlled entry to the market and therefore the parking lot is going to be marked for distanced parking. Only two people per vehicle are going to be allowed, the elderly and youngsters won't be allowed entry.
The markets should ensure the provision of hand-hygiene facilities at entry points and multiple spots inside. nobody is going to be allowed to enter without covering the face. Thermal scanning of staff and visitors at entry points by trained personnel should be ensured. Medical camps with adequate staff, equipment, and private protective equipment are going to be established at the markets.
Markets to be found out 15 days before Eid
The guidelines further state that Covid-19 was considered a zoonosis through its link with specific animals that had not been established yet. The CCHF was a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus with a case death rate of 10 to 40pc.
Meanwhile, the Punjab cabinet committee to combat coronavirus threat on Saturday decided to line up cattle markets 15 days before the Eid.
Chairing a gathering at the CM’s office, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar reviewed the measures taken to affect the coronavirus
and sought finalization of the SOPs for Eidul Azha.
Mr. Buzdar has expressed satisfaction over the reduction in coronavirus cases within the province thanks to ‘smart lockdown’.
He said the govt had conducted quite 12,000 inspections on sale of medicines at exorbitant rates. He said the govt would launch a pilot program for reviewing the presence of the virus within the sewage. He said the govt, to require better decisions, had constituted a technical working party of renowned doctors.
The CM lauded the performance of the National Command and Operation Centre during the last 100 days.
Provincial ministers Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, the Chief Secretary, IGP, Additional Chief Secretary (home), and secretaries of departments concerned were present.
Other senior officials attended the meeting through video link.
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