COVID-19 Cases in Sindh Alone Jump to 76; Pakistan Tally Now Reaches 94 - Android
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The COVID-19 spread in Pakistan continues to see a rapid spike with the national tally reaching 94. Sindh alone has reported 76 cases with two recoveries to date.
Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh on Law, Anti-Corruption Establishment, and information Murtaza Wahab has announced in a Tweet that the number of COVID-19 cases has reached 76 in the province.
More results have come in. So far 50 people who had arrived in Sukkur from Taftaan have tested positive, 25 at Karachi & 1 at Hyderabad. So the total patients have reached 76 in Sindh. Out of these 76 patients, 2 have recovered & the remaining 74 are being kept in isolation
— SenatorMurtaza Wahab (@murtazawahab1) March 16, 2020
The center and provincial governments are taking strong measures to curb the spread. The Sindh government has ordered all parks and public recreational facilities across the province to be shut. Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar also issued similar instructions for recreational facilities falling under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).
Hostels of varsities across Punjab have also been converted into quarantine centers. Punjab has prohibited hoarding of sanitizers, public gatherings under Section 144. Pakistan International Airlines has also suspended flight operations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
The country had already banned weddings & public gatherings and shut educational intuitions, western borders, and recreational places across the country among other measures a day before.
Here are the latest updates:
Following the confirmation of coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated 7 test centers at hospitals across the country, with the number of test labs now reaching 13 according to PM’s aide on health.
There are now 52 confirmed cases, of which effective contact tracing is being carried out. We’ve increased our diagnostic capacity, and are now able to carry out #coronavirus test in 13 labs across the country <257>
— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) March 15, 2020
To learn about COVID-19 test centers and sample collection facilities in different cities of Pakistan, click here.
A National Coordination Committee meeting is underway right now in Islamabad.
PM Imran Khan is chairing the meeting with all provincial Chief Ministers participating via video link.
Dr. Zafar Mirza is to brief all provinces on the latest developments regarding COVID-19 outbreak at the meeting.
Recreational facilities in Islamabad, including the F9 Park, Daman-e-Koh, Zoo and more may be closed for the public soon.
Authorities are also mulling shutting down the city’s shopping malls for at least two weeks.
Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh on Law, Anti-Corruption Establishment, and information Murtaza Wahab has announced in a Tweet that the number of COVID-19 cases has reached 76 in the province.
Following the first case of COVID-19 in Punjab on Sunday, the provincial government moved to convert the hostels of all public-sector universities into quarantine facilities.
The hostel rooms were thoroughly cleaned before they could serve as quarantines is an emergency situation arises. Belongings of hostel dwellers were ordered to be properly tagged and kept in storerooms.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called COVID-19 ‘a threat unlike any other in our lifetimes’.
‘We are in this together,’ he said, ‘and we will get through this together.’
#COVID19 is a threat unlike any other in our lifetimes.
We must look after each other and protect the vulnerable.
We are in this together – and we will get through this, together.— @antonioguterres on #coronavirus https://t.co/3EHAHjd0ND pic.twitter.com/42Tq8BClSa
— United Nations (@UN) March 15, 2020
The national carrier has announced that it will be suspending all flight operations between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the next two weeks.
A PIA press statement informed that flights from Jeddah and Medina will continue till March 17 so that Umrah pilgrims can return to Pakistan.
For our coronavirus coverage from March 15, click here.
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