Karachi: The Sindh government has decided to reimpose a nine-day long ‘complete lockdown’ along other coronavirus related restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of novel coronavirus.
The decision was taken by the provincial task force on coronavirus. A meeting of the task force was chaired by Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah.
Following the new directives, from tomorrow to August 8 intercity transport will be closed. Wedding halls, cinemas, tourist places, and school has been upheld while the decision to keep shops closed till 6 pm has also been supported.
Government offices will also remain closed from next week while the export industry will remain open.
Medical stores are exempted from the new restrictions, however, all markets will be closed till August 8.
In addition, vaccination cards of people walking on the streets will be checked thoroughly.
On the other hand, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) had opposed the complete lockdown.
It may be recalled that in Karachi the rate was 22.6 percent, in Hyderabad the rate of corona positive cases was 9 percent and in Sindh as a whole the rate was 13.4 per cent.
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