Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has said that the provincial government will submit a recommendation to the Centre for not lifting lockdown in the province's major cities.

Speaking to the media in Lahore, he said: "We have seen that there is a hype about coronavirus in some big cities. Therefore, we are submitting this recommendation to the federal government and if it is approved, then the lockdown and standard operating procedures will remain in big cities like Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Gujranwala."