Sindh govt to issue advisory on avoiding public gatherings

Meeting will decide future of Matric Examination, shutting down schools, PSL-5

KARACHI: The Sindh government is meeting Tuesday to issue the advisory for avoiding public gatherings a day after Sindh reported nine more cases of coronavirus, all in Karachi.

The meeting will decide future of the Matric Examination scheduled to be held on March 16 and the Pakistan Super League-five (PSL-5) matches in Karachi National Stadium.

The count on Monday — the highest of the epidemic since it was first detected in the country last month — took the total tally to 13 in the province and 16 in the country.

Sindh Minister of Health and Population Welfare Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho during an internal department meeting on Tuesday, according to media coordinator Meeran Yousuf, decided the following:

Sindh Health Department will be setting up its own health desk and screening at the Karachi Airport to screen all the patients coming to the city. All private and public hospitals will be setting up a frontline desk for information on coronavirus, he added.

He said, “An advisory will be issued today to avoid large public gatherings.” “It has been suggested to the chief minister to ban large public gatherings, like Pakistan Super League,” he added.

He said, “shutting down schools for a longer duration has been suggested to the CM.”

According to Yousuf, the task force on coronavirus headed by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will take up these points in today’s meeting and decide on the future course of action.

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