The Seventh Day Adventist Hospital is lit up for the festive season. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: Christmas is a day of rejoicing, a festival to spend with family and friends, after attending mass. But the world has changed so much in the past year with so many loved ones also leaving us due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And now instead of things improving somewhat, you have the second wave and the new strain that everyone is hearing of.
Earlier, Archbishop of Karachi Joseph Cardinal Coutts had held a personal meeting with members of the clergy at the St Patrick’s Cathedral here to discuss their plan of action during Christmas. He said that in view of the permission to celebrate Christmas given by the government despite its concerns provided they follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs), the churches would also be extra careful and strict in taking all kinds of precautions.