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

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• Total Functioning Labs in - 133 • Total Testing Capacity - 74,607 • Testing Conducted Last 24 hrs - 40,969

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1. International a. Turkey’s President has said that Turkey will impose curfews on weekdays and full lockdowns over weekends to combat spread of coronavirus. b. Cambodia PM has banned mass gatherings to fight coronavirus outbreak. c. India’s COVID cases have risen by 38,772, making it the 23rd straight day that daily cases have stayed below 50,000 mark. d. Canada has decided to extend its restrictions for all travelers entering the country, except US, until 2nd Jan. e. Final results from the trials of Moderna’s vaccine against COVID-19 has confirmed it has 94% efficacy and nobody who was vaccinated with it developed severe disease. f. Vietnam reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case after 89 days. g. Croatia’s PM has tested positive for COVID-19. h. Turkey’s daily COVID-19 death toll hit a record high for an eighth consecutive day, with 188 fatalities in the last 24 hours. i. Germany has to establish 19 storage sites for medical equipment across the country to avoid shortages of masks and PPEs at the start of COVID-19 pandemic. j. German chancellor EU member states should not undermine COVID-19 restrictions by letting the ski season start early. k. Russia has delivered the first known batch of Sputnik V vaccines for civilian use to a hospital near Moscow. l. Russia plans to begin mass trials of its second coronavirus vaccine, EpiVacCorona, on people aged over 18. m. Hong Kong has tightened restrictions aimed at containing rise in COVID cases, limiting gatherings to no more than two people. n. Children in Iraq have started returning to school for the first time since February, with social distancing measures in place and schools operating six days a week.

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2. National a. Federal Minister for Planning and Development has said that NCOC has finalised recommendations for the procurement of COVID vaccines. b. Pakistan's coronavirus death toll has crossed 8,000 mark. c. Pakistan has reported more than 1,000 recoveries for sixth straight day. d. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Adil Siddiqui has passed away due to COVID-19. e. Punjab Chief Minister Usman has urged people to observe safety precautions amid second COVID-19 wave.