“The Lockdown in NCD will only come about based on medical advise.”
“My view is that the advise will be that great enforcement of the NIUPLA PASIN will have to be done such as enforcing the No Mask, No Entry rule for the shops and even schools,” said the National Pandemic Controller, Mr David Manning.
The Controller said this after rumours of a lockdown to be imposed here in the National Capital District.
He said that a lockdown will be expensive and challenging however it did serve its purpose last year in controlling community transmission in the city.
He further said that they should be investing the limited resources more on enforcing non clinical measures such as banning mass gatherings and enforcing mandatory mask wearing.
He also said that statistics show that community transmission is evident however there will be no lockdowns but more work to be done on enforcing the NIUPLA PASIN.
He will be giving more updates after a briefing today.