Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho on Monday wrote a letter to Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha SirajDurrani and urged him to not allow the provincial lawmakers over 55 years of age and those who have comorbidities from attending the assembly session owing to their higher risk of contracting coronavirus. Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said that the daily detection of Covid-19 has reached record highs this week as the province ramps up its testing. “The number of total positive cases yesterday (June 7) were 1,744. Therefore it is critical for each of us to follow the protocol and take necessary measures and precautions to break the chain of transmission of the disease,” she said in the letter. She added that the elderly people die to decreased immunity and people with multiple underlying conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease are at risk of the infection. “The course of disease tends to be more severe in these cases,” the health minister added. Earlier on June 2, Sindh Human Settlement Minister GhulamMurtazaBaloch lost his life to the novel coronavirus dealing a blow to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as it lost a long-standing ‘jiyala’ to the deadly contagion. Baloch was 56. Baloch, who was the president of PPP Malir and the Sindh government’s focal person for coronavirus in the district, tested positive for Covid-19 on May 14 and was admitted to a private hospital when he began experiencing severe respiratory distress.
