KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to restrict unnecessary movement of people, on foot or in vehicles, after 8pm from Tuesday (today) in the wake of an alarming spike in Covid-19 cases in the province.
The decision to this effect was taken at an extensive sitting of the Provincial Task Force, which was chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, held at CM House on Monday.
The meeting was told that during the past 24 hours, Sindh had detected 1,529 new cases, Punjab reported 802 more cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 470, Islamabad 106, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 69, Balochistan 66 and Gilgit-Baltistan 18. This showed that Sindh had the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country, the chief minister said.
Sindh bans public activity after 8pm
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May 25, 2021
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: On the recommendations of provincial Task Force on COVID-19, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Monday announced to impose a ban on movement of people either on foot or in the vehicles from Tuesday to contain the spread of viral disease and directed the provincial administration to implement the ban in letter and spirit.
“Owing to its severity of the COVID-19 situation, a ban on unnecessary movement of people, either on foot or in vehicles, has been imposed after 8 pm. Only those with valid reasons would be allowed to move in the province”, Syed Murad Ali Shah said while presiding over a meeting of COVID-19 Task Force.
Karachi
May 23, 2021
On the recommendations of the provincial task force on Covid-19, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday announced that the coronavirus restrictions will stay in place for two more weeks due to the rise in the number of infection cases observed after Eidul Fitr.
The provincial government has also decided to keep educational institutions closed until the Covid-19 situation improves, while beaches, amusement parks and other recreational places will also remain closed for another fortnight.
The decision to maintain the pandemic-related restrictions was taken in the task forceâs meeting, which was chaired by Shah and attended by provincial ministers and secretaries, health and infectious diseases experts, and representatives from WHO, the military and paramilitary forces.
Keeping in view the serious situation of the cases and growing number of deaths, the Sindh chief minister decided to continue the ongoing restrictions for next two weeks and review them again in June. DawnNewsTV/File
KARACHI: The Provincial Task Force on coronavirus, keeping in view the rising trend of new cases and increasing death rate, on Saturday decided to continue with the ongoing restrictions for the next two weeks with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) across the province.
The meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at CM House here, was attended by Provincial Ministers Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and Saeed Ghani, Adviser on Law Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, IG Mushtaq Maher, Commissioner Karachi Naveed Shaikh, Additional IG Karachi Imran Minhas, Dr Abdul Bari, Dr Faisal, representatives of the Corps-5 and Rangers and other stakeholders.