The Sindh Home Department on Thursday issued a notification, extending the province-wide lockdown until April 14 to contain the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)..
The notification came a day after the federal government decided to extend the countrywide lockdown amid concerns over rising cases of coronavirus that has affected more than 2,300 people and killed 33 persons across the country. “Whereas, the Corona Virus spread and increase in COVID-19 cases has been seen worldwide causing devastating consequences and illness and deaths resulting from it. That social distancing measures and such precautionary measures are seen to decrease the COVID-19 cases and resulting deaths,” read the notification. “The Government of Sindh issued orders from time to time earlier to avoid unnecessary and avoidable movement of public in order to contain the spread of disease.”
Another person succumbed to the coronavirus illness in Sindh on Thursday, bringing the provincial death toll to eleven. Sindh Health Minister AzraFazlPechuho confirmed an 86-year-old died from the coronavirus in Karachi.
He had no foreign travel history and was affected locally, she said, adding he tested positive for the coronavirus on April 1. He had an underlying issue of blood pressure.
The minister said the death toll from the disease has reached eleven with 761 COVID-19 positive cases recorded in the province so far. Meanwhile, MurtazaWahab, a spokesperson for the provincial government said, 11 more patients have recovered and their coronavirus test has come out negative. Now, the total number of recovered patients in Sindh stands at 65, he added.
According to the Sindh health minister, 12 cases have emerged in Karachi, while eight have been detected in pilgrims who arrived at the Sukkur isolation facility from Iran via Taftan border crossing on March 31.
DrAzraFazlPechuhu said the number of coronavirus cases in Karachi is 295 while 135 cases were detected in Hyderabad. She said 250 cases were reported among pilgrims at the Sukkur quarantine centre.
