8. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires –

“COVID - 19” means the Coronavirus Disease 2019

(COVID - 19) declared as a quarantinable disease by Notification published in the

Gazette Extraordinary No. 2167/18 of

March 20, 2020 under the Quarantine and

Prevention of Diseases Ordinance

(Chapter 222);

“COVID - 19 circumstance” includes-

COVID - 19; or

any other circumstance arising out of or consequential to the circumstances referred to in paragraph (a); and