Bureau Report
KARACHI: The government of Sindh is reportedly pondering reimposing a province-wide lockdown to curb the coronavirus spread as cases of the deadly respiratory disease continue mushrooming, sources informed Geo News on Thursday.
The Sindh govt has hinted at implementing the recommendations made in a report from the World Health Organization sent Tuesday to the Punjab authorities. The global health body had expressed concern over easing of a lockdown in Pakistan’s biggest province without fulfilling six conditions to do so. The South Asian nation has recorded more than 122,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and registered almost 2,400 deaths. So far, the Sindh and Punjab provinces have been neck and neck in the number of infections, identifying 46,828 and 45,463 patients.
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah, the sources said, was consulting with the PPP leadership over the WHO’s suggestions and recommendations and taking advice from senior members of the provincial cabinet as well as health experts. A final decision on the proposed two-week lockdown and other restrictions was expected to be made in consultation with the federal government, the sources in the Sindh govt noted.
