Sindh government directed authorities to deduct one day's salary of all government officials and employees who do not wear a face mask


Karachi: The Sindh government has announced to deduct one day salary of all government officials and employees who do not wear a face mask on Sunday.
According to the details, the Sindh government directed authorities to deduct one day's salary of all government officials and employees who do not wear a face mask. The directives have been issued in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 in the province.
A day earlier, a meeting of the provincial coronavirus task force was chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at the CM House during which the Shah stated that officials who do not wear masks will face a fine.
It was proposed that one day's wage be deducted from the pay of any government employee who does not wear a mask in the workplace.
Meanwhile, Pakistan witnessed an enormous spike in its daily tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after as many as 4,027 new infections were logged in the last 24 hours, according to morning update by ministry of health.
The country’s positivity rate now stands at 7.8% when 4,027 fresh cases were reported. The cumulative tally of the country has now climbed to 1,324,147.
As the fifth wave of COVID-19 intensifies in Pakistan reported 4,027 new coronavirus infections, a new daily record, with authorities linking the spike with the Omicron variant of virus.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,567 persons were tested positive while 7 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 29,012.
As many as 1,263,584 patients have recovered from the disease.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 452,261 in the province with 13,088 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 499,830 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,694.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 182,199 in the province with 5,958 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 33,699 confirmed cases while 367 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 34,750 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 749. On the other hand, there are 10,445 cases in GB with 187 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 110,963 cases in the capital city while 969 people have lost their lives.
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