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26pc corona rate recorded in Karachi
July 28, 2021
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Terming the Covid-19 situation in Karachi as alarming, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the IGP Sindh and Commissioner to ensure timely closure of all the businesses by 6 in the evening and constituted a ministerial committee to sensitise all the stakeholders, including shopkeepers, traders, transporters and politicians to cooperate with the government in the supreme interest of the public health, otherwise nothing will remain under control. In Karachi the detection rate was recorded at 26.32 percent on July 26.
Amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the province, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has issued directives to ban unnecessary movement after 6pm. The orders were issued during a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Tuesday after reviewing the latest pandemic situation. He urged people to stay home and avoid going out without any valid reason.
MOTORCYCLISTS queue up to get registered for the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday at a drive-through facility set up by the Sindh government in Clifton. Shakil Adil/White Star
KARACHI: In view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in the province, particularly in Karachi, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday constituted a committee to sensitise all the stakeholders shopkeepers, traders, transporters and politicians to cooperate with the government in the larger interest of public health.
He took this decision while presiding over a meeting of the provincial task force on coronavirus here at CM House.
The chief minister observed that some political circles were issuing what he called irresponsible statements against closure of markets or other activities. He said he was taking strict measures just to save people of the province from the pandemic.