Over one million soaps will be distributed among citizens: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Tuesday said that to curb coronavirus situation, the Local Government Department has decided to purchase more than one million soaps and distribute it among the citizens.

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the Sindh government would take all those possible imperative steps that would be necessary to keep the people safe from the coronavirus.

Shah said that directives had been issued to every union council and union committee to purchase soaps worth Rs 1 lakh. He said that the soaps would be purchased and distributed among the public soon so that its use could help protect people to some extent from the effects of coronavirus.

He said that the campaign regarding the distribution of soaps would be publicized largely through media so that people could get it easily as soon as possible.

The minister said that in the first phase, all Union Councils would purchase soaps worth Rs1 lakh, after which gradually if needed, the campaign would be extended. There are 1175 Union Councils and 351 Union Committees in Sindh province.

He said that people should not be worried about the rapid spread of the coronavirus as at this moment in time the situation was under complete control, adding that the Sindh government was in a state of high alert.

The provincial minister further said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah was personally monitoring all the situations and he had also issued clear instructions to all members of his cabinet in this regard.