Photos: This is how Pakistanis taking measures to prevent coronavirus spread after sudden surge in cases

LAHORE: Mar17- A view of scanning and checking of body temperature of passengers arriving from different cities , as Punjab Government has issued orders to closed all educational institutions , parks and all public gathering places to prevent coronavirus.

A Pakistani family wears face masks to help prevent exposure to the new coronavirus as they travel on a motorbike in Lahore, Pakistan. Coronavirus cases in Pakistan has risen to 195 with more than 140 cases on Monday and Tuesday

A health official checks the body temperature of a train passenger amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at Karachi Cantonment railway station in Karachi on March 16, 2020.

Security personnel wash hands as safety precautions to keep themselves safe from Coronavirus. Pakistan government has launched country-wide awareness campaign urging people to ensure social distance and wash hands.

Students wear mask in Karachi as a safety measures to prevent coronavirus,waiting at board the bus. All educational institutions across the country have been shut down in Pakistan.

People wait their turn on a coronavirus registration and screening counter in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.

People wear mask as they go shopping in Karachi to prevent coronavirus spread.

People wear masks in Karachi as Sindh has been the worst-hit with 188 cases out of total 194 in Pakistan.

A health official checks the body temperature of a passengers amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at Karachi Cantonment railway station in Karachi on March 16, 2020.

Passengers wear face masks in Karachi to prevent coronavirus. Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has been on the rise over the last few days.

A family wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus wait before the departure of their train at Karachi Cantonment railway station in Karachi on March 16, 2020.

A health workers checking body temperature of passengers arriving from different cities to Lahore on Tuesday. Punjab government has imposed section 144 banning all public gatherings.

People pray outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral as it was closed after Pakistan shut all its schools and discouraged large gatherings amid coronavirus fears, in Lahore, Pakistan, March 15, 2020.

Punjab has so fare reported eight coronavirus cases in the province with one death of a suspected patient infected with COVID-19.

A Pakistani looks a banner informing precautions about the new coronavirus while he and others wait their turn at a coronavirus registration and screening counter at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.