CM asks people not to visit relatives during Eid holidays
Karachi
May 13, 2021
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged the people not to visit their relatives on Eid ul Fitr because the detection rate of Covid-19 cases had risen to 30 per cent after the last year’s Eid holidays.
“I would suggest to all the people to stay home and enjoy Eid with your immediate family members – this is the only way to contain COVID-19 and save others”, he said while presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Coronavirus at the CM House on Wednesday.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged the people not to visit their relatives on Eidul Fitr because the detection rate of Covid-19 cases had risen to 30 per cent after the last.
CM Sindh orders providing Covid vaccine to private hospitals for free inoculation
Karachi
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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the health department to start giving Covid-19 vaccines to private hospitals with the directive that these vaccines would be administered to the people free of charge.
Presiding over a meeting of the provincial Covid-19 Task Force at the CM House on Thursday, he said that as per a National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decision, all private hospitals were required to inoculate the public with Covid-19 vaccines and asked the health department to ensure that the vaccine was provided to private health facilities for vaccinating the masses.
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Karachi
February 2, 2021
Around 83,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Karachi on a commercial flight today, after which vaccination would commence during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday morning, officials said on Monday.
A team from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) visited various vaccination centers set up by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Karachi. After reviewing the arrangements, the team members expressed their satisfaction and hoped that frontline healthcare workers would be vaccinated against the infectious disease in a smooth manner.
The NCOC team, led by Brigadier Ejaz and Brigadier Zia for Corps 5, visited the vaccination centre established at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali and Project Director EPI Dr Akram Sultan briefed them about the arrangements.