'Sophisticated' software to help govt identify virus hotspots: Dr Faisal

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Dr Faisal Sultan, the prime minister's focal person on coronavirus, says the government has prepared a "modern and sophisticated" software that will help it identify coronavirus hotspots.

"This will allow the administration to implement and enforce stricter restrictions, or in other words, a smart lockdown," he said.

Speaking alongside him, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the volunteers of the government's Corona Relief Tiger Force will go into these areas and report problems in the month of July.

"The Tiger Force will use an app to report violations of SOPs and we will act on their complaints," he added.

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