Sindh Govt extends coronavirus restrictions for another two weeks
Sindh government has extended COVID-19 restrictions in the province for another two weeks.
A meeting of COVID Task Force chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in Karachi decided that all shopping centers and shops will remain open until 6:00 pm and ban on tourist spots including Sea-view, Hawks Bay and amusement parks will stay.
Similarly, the intercity transport will be allowed with 50 per cent occupancy.
The Task Force decided that marriage halls would remain closed till further decision.
The decision to reopen schools will only be made after improvement in the COVID situation as the meeting directed Minister for Education Saeed Ghani to ensure a speedy vaccination of teachers.
Number of critical Covid-19 patients shoots to its highest since Feb 2020 ISLAMABAD/
KARACHI:
The National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to impose a ban on inter-city transport on weekends – Saturdays and Sundays – as the country’s tally for critical Covid-19 patients reached 3,568, the highest the country has seen so far.
Sindh’s provincial government also decided to suspend physical classes from 1-8 grades in view of the raging third wave of the contagious disease that killed at least 81 more people mostly in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in the last 24 hours.
“Yesterday [April 3], there were 3,568 Covid patients in critical care in Pakistan. This is the highest number since Covid started,” said Minister for Planning Asad Umar, who also heads the NCOC, the country s nerve centre for Covid-19 response.
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Saeed Ghani says educational institutions in Sindh to remain open
Pakistan
Wed, Mar 10, 2021
Provincial Minister for Education Saeed Ghani talking to members of the Press Club during visit at Karachi Press Club. APP/File
Educational institutions will remain open in the province with attendance restricted to 50%, Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said Wednesday. The news of educational institutions closing on March 15 are baseless, he said in a statement, following Federal Minister for Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood s announcement of schools closure in several cities across Pakistan.
The minister said the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), in its meeting today, overviewed the country s coronavirus situation.