NATIONAL COMMAND AND OPERATIONS CENTRE SITUATION REPORT Issued: 2:00 PM PART – I 1st Aug 2020

• Total Functioning Labs in Pakistan - 134 • Total Testing Capacity - 68,250 • Testing Conducted Last 24 hrs - 21,649

1. International a. Fiji has recorded its first COVID death, of a 66 year old traveller who tested positive after returning from India. b. India's COVID cases increased by a daily record of 55,078 in the past 24 hours. c. As per Jhon Hopkins University stats US has reported 1,379 new deaths from COVID in the past 24 hours. d. Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has died from the COVID infection. e. FBI has accused Chinese backed hackers for targeting US based COVID vaccine firm Moderna. f. WHO has said that young people not adhering to COVID SOPs during summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID cases. g. Australia’s second biggest city Melbourne orders 36 suburbs locked down to stop virus spike. h. WHO urges countries to support 'COVAX' vaccine scheme. i. Britain’s largest care home providers has said the government is unable to meet its promise to regularly test staff and residents in care homes. j. Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain dies after COVID diagnosis. k. Libya’s government has said that it will impose a full lockdown due to COVID in areas of the country it controls. 2. National a. British Airways has announced it will restart flights to Pakistan after a decline in COVID cases. b. PM Imran Khan has urged people to adhere to SOPs issued by the government for Eid-ul-Azha. c. Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has said that the death rate of COVID victims had dropped by 80%. d. Punjab CM Usman Buzdar has said that COVID cases in the province have reduced due to PM Imran Khan's smart lockdown strategy. e. CM KPK has claimed that the prevailing COVID situation has started to wane in the province.

f. Quarantine centre in Chaman was set ablaze by protesters over not being allowed to enter the neighbouring country. g. Sindh health minister has cautioned of a surge in COVID cases if SOPs were ignored on Eid.