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May 16, 2021
KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting here at Sindh Governor House to review the measures taken by the government to contain further spread of Covid-19.
The meeting was attended by Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail, Federal Ministers Asad Umar and Ali Haider Zaidi, Senator Saif Abro, MNA Jay Prakash and MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Haleem Adil Sheikh, Khurram Sher Zaman, Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi and others, said a Sindh Governor spokesperson.
Expressing his satisfaction over the government s initiatives on coronavirus, President Dr Arif Alvi said that the people followed the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the occasion of Eidul Fitr in a good manner which was the success of the government s strategy. He said that the epidemic would soon be brought under control with the mutual cooperation of the government and masses.
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Fawad laments lack of cooperation from Sindh
Minister warns of complete lockdown in a week
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry addressing a press conference at the PID in Islamabad on March 16, 2021. SCREENGRAB
KARACHI:
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday warned that a complete lockdown could be imposed in the country in a week if the Covid-19 situation continued to worsen. “[A total of] 90% of the oxygen available in the country is being used. Even if [we] bring in more, it won’t make much difference to the supply in the system,” he said while addressing a news conference at the Sindh Governor House, which was also attended by Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Karachi: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry has warned that the government could be compelled to impose a complete lockdown in the country if there was no decline in surge in coronavirus cases in one week.
Addressing a press conference here at Sindh Governor House, Chaudhry said that there would be serious consequences for the health care system of Pakistan if the present 11 per cent ratio of detection of coronavirus cases persisted just for one or one-and-half-week more.
“Our government has been doing its best since last one year to avoid the situation of complete lockdown in the country as such a decision creates serious repercussions for our daily wage earners and traders,” Chaudhry said.
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