Zubair Yaqoob
Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing &Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that so far, 198 people had been tested for the Coronavirus, out of which 14 people were found affected by the virus. He said that the meeting of the task force, presided over by Sindh Chief Minister, was being held on a daily basis to conduct a detailed review of the situation. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Shah said that Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was personally monitoring the situation related to the Coronavirus. The minister said that People coming from abroad were being screened, while people coming from Taftan had been tested. He said that 1,500 people were contacted by the government in Sindh and anyone suspected of them was tested for the Coronavirus. He made it clear that the Coronavirus was not spreading in the province, rather it was found in people coming from abroad. Referring to the Pakistan Super League’s matches in Karachi, the provincial minister said it was the choice of every person whether he wanted to watch the match or not, the government had completed all its arrangements. He said that decision regarding schools’ closure would be taken at a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Education Department. Shah said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should have convened a meeting of all four chief ministers on the situation arising from the Coronavirus, adding the Prime Minister had not yet contacted the Chief Minister Sindh in this regard. He said that all countries were making excellent arrangements to deal with the Coronavirus but our Prime Minister had not yet called a single meeting in this regard. He labelled Imran Khan as a Prime Minister on tweets only.
