Staff Reporter
A batch of 300 pilgrims have left Taftan on Saturday evening for Jacoababd and the second batch would leave on March 10 and all of them would be kept in quarantine at Sukkur. This was disclosed in the meeting of Taskforce on Coronavirus held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday.
The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, Dr Azra Pechuho, Syed nasir Shah, Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, IG Sindh Mushtaq maher, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahalwani, Adl IGP Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon, Adl Chief Secretary Home Usman Chacahr, Secretary Finanace Hassan Naqvi, Secretary health Zahid Abbasi, Secretary Works Imran Atta Soomro, DG PDMA Salman Shah, DG Surveillance Dr Ashfaq Memon, Dr Faisal of Aga Khan, Dr Pawan of CAA, Lt Col Saad of 5 Corps, Dr Akhtar Aziz of Idus Hospital, Dr Sara of WHO, Col Hafeez of Rangers, Abdul rauf of FIA and Commissioner Sukkur Shafiq Mahesar and his team joined the meeting on video link.
Secretary health Dr Zahid Abbasi told the chief minister that he had sent four samples for coronavirus test, and all of them have been diagnosed as negative. Of the four suspects, one was from Karsaz, other from Old Sabzi mandi, third one from East and the fourth one belonged to Karsaz.
The meeting was told that 282 pilgrims who returned from Iran have been put in quarantine at their home, of the 17 pilgrims would complete their isolation period on Saturday (today), five on March 8, 30 on March 9, 63 on March 10, 25 on March 11, 34 on March 12, 66 on March 13, 11 on march 14 another 11 on March 15, two on March 16, five on March 17 and 12 on March 18 and one on March 19. During their isolation they are checked off and on by the concerned team of doctors.
The chief minister was told that 300 pilgrims have left Taftan for Jacobabad today (Saturday) at 6 pm. Arrangements for their accommodation has been made in Sukkur. The Commissioner Sukkur who was on video link in the meeting briefed the chief minister about the facilities made available at the pace where the in-coming pilgrims would be kept in isolation. The CM directed the commissioner to make best residential arrangements for them and provide them three-time healthy food, including team whenever they want and fruit and other refreshments. “I want you to keep them happy and content,” he said.
